Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Waters v. State 1 Gill 302 1843 0 Maryland
Griggs v. Daniel 30 Ga. 500 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hanson v. Hanson 4 Gill 69 1846 0 Maryland
Colburn v. Broughton 9 Ala. 351 1846 0 Alabama
Buchanan v. Pue 6 Gill 112 1847 0 Maryland
Turner v. Johnson’s Executors 160 Ky. 611 1914 1 Kentucky
McCoy v. Ferguson 164 Ky. 136 1915 1 Kentucky
Pridgen v. Pridgen 203 N.C. 533 1932 1 North Carolina
Cooley v. State ex rel. Village of Bay 74 Ohio St. 252 1906 1 Ohio
Berry v. Donley 26 Tex. 737 1863 1 Texas
Leland v. Wilson 34 Tex. 79 1871 1 Texas
Conway v. Smith 13 Wis. 125 1860 1 Wisconsin
Slaughter v. Glenn 98 U.S. 242 1878 1 United States
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Nichols v. Gordon 25 Supp. Tex. 109 1860 1 Texas
Hunt v. Printup 28 Ga. 297 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lockett v. Mims 27 Ga. 207 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wootten & Goolsby v. Callahan 26 Ga. 366 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanderlin v. Sanderlin 27 Ga. 334 1859 0 Supreme court of Georgia
Alston v. Grantham 26 Ga. 374 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia