Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wynn v. Lee 5 Ga. 217 1848 1 Georgia
Snapp v. Spengler 29 Va. 1 1830 1 Virginia
Watts v. Cole 29 Va. 653 1830 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States
Shields v. McClung 6 W. Va. 79 1873 1 West Virginia
Withrow v. Smithson 37 W. Va. 757 1893 1 West Virginia
Sommerville v. Horton 12 Tenn. 541 1833 1 Tennessee
Whitney v. Freeland 26 Miss. 481 1853 1 Mississippi
Bank of Marietta v. Pindall 23 Va. 465 1824 1 Virginia
M'Alexander v. Harris 20 Va. 465 1820 1 Virginia
People v. Palmer 5 N.Y. Crim. 101 1887 1 New York
New Orleans Gas Co. v. Louisiana Light Co. 115 U.S. 650 1885 1 United States
Mapes v. Weeks 4 Wend. 659 1830 1 New York
Beehler v. Steever 2 Whart. 313 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Young v. Bennett 5 Ill. 43 1842 1 Illinois
Moseley v. Moss 47 Va. 534 1850 1 Virginia
Bourland v. Eidson 49 Va. 27 1851 1 Virginia
Alderson v. Kahle 73 W. Va. 690 1914 1 West Virginia
Morton v. Calvin 164 S.W. 420 1914 1 Texas
Combest v. Glenn 142 S.W. 112 1911 1 Texas