Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Alabama
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Caldwell v. Pickens' Adm'r 39 Ala. 514 1864 0 Alabama
Clopton v. Martin 11 Ala. 187 1847 0 Alabama
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 494 1828 0 Alabama
Thompson v. Marshall 36 Ala. 504 1860 0 Alabama
Robertson v. Simmons 51 Tenn. 135 1871 0 Tennessee
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Alabama
Upchurch v. Norsworthy 15 Ala. 705 1849 0 Alabama
Worthy v. Lyon 18 Ala. 784 1851 0 Alabama
Moody v. McCown 39 Ala. 586 1865 0 Alabama
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson’s Adm’r 30 Ala. 670 1857 0 Alabama
Morton v. Bradley 27 Ala. 640 1855 0 Alabama
Gregg v. Bethea 6 Port. 9 1837 0 Alabama
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Alabama
Ben v. State 37 Ala. 103 1861 0 Alabama