Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cicely v. State 21 Miss. 202 1849 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Marshall v. Mashall's Executor 42 Ala. 149 1868 0 Alabama
Locket v. Child 11 Ala. 640 1847 0 Alabama
Owens v. Grimsley 44 Ala. 359 1870 0 Alabama
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Civil SC of PA.
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
M'Broom v. Governor 4 Port. 90 1836 0 Alabama
Richards v. Fuqua's Adm'rs 28 Miss. 792 1855 0 Mississippi
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Sharpe v. State 48 Ga. 16 1873 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cain v. Bunkley 35 Miss. 119 1858 0 Mississippi
Waul v. Kirkman 25 Miss. 609 1853 0 Mississippi
Succession of Bollinger 30 La. Ann. 193 1878 0 Louisiana
Bull v. Read 54 Va. 78 1855 0 Virginia
Graham’s Ex’r v. Sam 46 Ky. 403 1847 0 Kentucky
Alexander v. Burnet 39 S.C.L. 189 1851 0 South Carolina
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Deadrick v. Armour 10 Hum. 588 1850 0 Tennessee