Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Smithers v. Hooper 23 Md. 273 1865 0 Maryland
Blackburn v. Craufurd 22 Md. 447 1864 0 Maryland
Jones v. Jones 36 Md. 447 1872 0 Maryland
Barnum v. Barnum 42 Md. 251 1875 0 Maryland
Moss v. Sandefur 15 Ark. 381 1854 0 Arkansas
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Alabama
Rawlings v. State 2 Md. 201 1852 0 Maryland
Northern Central Co. v. Scholl 16 Md. 331 1860 0 Maryland
Merrick v. Bradley 19 Md. 50 1862 0 Maryland
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Arkansas
Keithler v. State 18 Miss. 192 1848 0 Mississippi
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Delaware
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Alabama
Cook v. Kennerly 12 Ala. 42 1847 0 Alabama
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 Delaware
State v. Flanigin 5 Ala. 477 1843 0 Alabama