Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Young v. Pickens & Green 45 Miss. 553 1871 0 Mississippi
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Hancock v. Titus & Co. 39 Miss. 224 1860 0 Mississippi
Lockhart v. Woods 38 Ala. 631 1863 0 Alabama
Pridgen v. Buchannon 27 Tex. 589 1864 0 Texas
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Arnold v. Barrow's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Cain & Horn v. Kelly 23 Tenn. 472 1844 0 Tennessee
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Eans v. Sawyer 27 Tex. 448 1864 0 Texas
Young v. Williamson 1 Md. 145 1738 0 Maryland
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Field v. President of Insurance Co. of North America 3 Md. 244 1852 0 Maryland
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Henderson's Ex'x 50 Va. 394 1852 0 SC of Appeals VA
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 United States
Plunkard v. State 67 Md. 364 1887 0 Maryland
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Robards v. McLean 30 N.C. 522 1848 0 North Carolina