Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Savage v. Benham 17 Ala. 119 1849 0 Alabama
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
State v. Sharp 2 Sneed 615 1855 0 Tennessee
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 2 Sneed 11 1854 0 Tennessee
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Franklin v. Ezell 1 Sneed 497 1853 0 Tennessee
Harrel v. Ward 2 Sneed 610 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Bradshaw 2 Swan 627 1852 0 Tennessee
Woodrum v. Kirkpatrick 2 Swan 218 1852 0 Tennessee
Joses v. State 2 Swan 399 1852 0 Tennessee
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Burch v. State ex rel. McPherson 4 G. & J. 444 1832 0 Maryland