Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Satterfield v. Mayes 30 Tenn. 58 1850 0 Tennessee
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
Hunt v. Butterworth 21 Tex. 133 1858 0 Texas
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
State v. Sterling 20 Md. 502 1864 0 Maryland
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Alabama
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Mitchell's Lessee 6 Md. 224 1854 0 Maryland
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee