Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
Lee v. Bryan 3 Ala. 278 1842 0 Alabama
Blackmore v. Blackmore 35 Tenn. 365 1855 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Supreme Court of FL
State v. Hardin 19 N.C. 407 1837 0 North Carolina
Horton v. Moseley 17 Ala. 794 1850 0 Alabama
Wade v. Grimes 8 Miss. 425 1843 0 Mississippi
Leonard v. State 229 Ga. 817 1972 0 Georgia
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Glenn v. Glenn 47 Ala. 204 1872 0 Alabama
Couch v. McKee 6 Ark. 484 1846 0 Arkansas
Milton v. Rowland 11 Ala. 732 1847 0 Alabama
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Alabama
Witherby v. State 39 Ala. 702 1866 0 Alabama
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 North Carolina
Bellamy v. Ballard 3 N.C. 361 1805 0 North Carolina
Walker v. Kelly 7 N.C. 265 1819 0 North Carolina
Doe on demise of Freeman v. Edmunds 10 N.C. 7 1824 0 North Carolina
Davis v. Hunter 7 Ala. 135 1844 0 Alabama
Ormond v. Gibbs 15 N.C. 504 1834 0 North Carolina