Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 North Carolina
Alexander v. Walch 40 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee
Richards v. Vanner 4 Stew. & P. 64 1833 0 Alabama
Thomas Sims's Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Civil Massachusetts
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Embry v. Morrison 63 Tenn. 186 1874 0 Tennessee
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Mississippi
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Alabama
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Alabama
Gregg v. Bethea 6 Port. 9 1837 0 Alabama
Bethea's Executor v. Smith 40 Ala. 415 1867 0 Alabama
Wilson v. State ex rel. Davis 21 Md. 1 1864 0 Maryland
Carey v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 13 1836 0 United States
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 United States
Glover v. Millings 2 Stew. & P. 28 1832 0 Alabama
Hoover v. Brem 43 Miss. 603 1871 0 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 92 1827 0 United States
United States v. Gray 3 D.C. 681 1829 0 United States
Cawthorne v. Knight 11 Ala. 268 1847 0 Alabama