Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Crapster v. Griffith 6 H. & J. 144 1823 0 Maryland
Hivert v. Lacaze 3 Rob. 357 1842 0 Louisiana
Dorsey v. Carrollton Bank 5 La. 237 1850 0 Louisiana
McCleland v. Bideman 5 La. 563 1850 0 Louisiana
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Civil SC of New York
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Alabama
Hawkins v. Skeggs's adm'r 29 Tenn. 31 1848 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
Kay v. Connor 27 Tenn. 624 1848 0 Tennessee
Ewing v. Standefer 18 Ala. 400 1850 0 Alabama
Litchfield v. Allen 7 Ala. 779 1845 0 Alabama
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 North Carolina
Murphy v. Partee 66 Tenn. 373 1874 0 Tennessee
Finch v. Ragland 17 N.C. 137 1831 0 North Carolina
Tillman v. Chadwick 37 Ala. 317 1861 0 Alabama