Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 United States
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 North Carolina
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 United States
M'Vaughters v. Elder 4 S.C.L. 307 1809 0 South Carolina
Hackney v. Williams ex rel. Johnston 14 Tenn. 340 1834 0 Tennessee
Hamilton v. Franklin 4 D.C. 729 1836 0 United States
Moore v. Simmons 39 Tenn. 545 1859 0 Tennessee
Fay v. Hall 25 Ala. 704 1854 0 Alabama
Fergusson v. Fergusson 148 Ark. 290 1921 1 Arkansas
Hill v. McDonald 38 Tenn. 383 1858 0 Tennessee
Shannon v. Boston & Albany Railroad 78 Me. 52 1885 1 Maine
Wyman v. Leavitt 71 Me. 227 1880 1 Maine
State v. Buck 78 Me. 193 1886 1 Maine
State v. Waters 39 Me. 54 1854 1 Maine
Roselle v. Beckemeir 134 Mo. 380 1896 1 Missouri
Halferty v. Scearce 135 Mo. 428 1896 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Potter v. Riley 219 Mo. 667 1909 1 Missouri
State v. Gebhardt 219 Mo. 708 1909 1 Missouri
Cox v. Reed 113 Miss. 488 1917 1 Mississippi