Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Cherami v. Cantrelle 174 La. 995 1932 1 Louisiana
Chase v. Plummer 17 Md. 165 1861 0 Maryland
Cherami v. Cantrelle 142 So. 150 1932 1 Louisiana
Keller v. Summers 192 La. 103 1939 1 Louisiana
Keller v. Summers 187 So. 69 1939 1 Louisiana
Scott v. Baber 13 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
McNabb v. Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections 727 F.3d 1334 2013 1 United States
Lewis v. Buford 93 Ark. 57 1909 1 Arkansas
Nelson v. Harwood 7 Va. 394 1803 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Taylor 174 N.C. 537 1917 1 North Carolina
King v. State 40 Ga. 244 1869 0 Marriage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools v. County Commissioners 20 Md. 439 1864 0 Maryland
Barbour v. Mitchell 40 Md. 151 1874 0 Maryland