Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rivers v. Dubose 10 Ala. 475 1846 0 Alabama
Shilling v. Shilling 6 Gill 171 1847 0 Maryland
Barnes v. Strohecker 17 Ga. 340 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
C. Dorsey's Ex'rs. v. E. Dorsey's Admr. 4 H. & McH. 231 1798 0 Maryland
Loubière v. LeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 210 1857 0 Louisiana
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Louisiana
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 North Carolina
Peggy v. Wilson 9 G. & J. 169 1837 0 Maryland
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Halsey's administrators v. Buckley 3 N.C. 234 1803 0 North Carolina
Spendlove v. Spendlove 1 N.C. 36 1800 0 North Carolina
Dowd v. Montgomery 5 N.C. 100 1815 0 North Carolina
Belknap v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 203 1860 0 Louisiana
Costigan v. Sewall 6 Gill 232 1847 0 Maryland
Anonymous 3 N.C. 127 1800 0 North Carolina
Executrix of Estis v. Lenox 1 N.C. 72 1800 0 North Carolina
Killingsworth v. Zollicoffer 3 N.C. 72 1798 0 North Carolina
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
State v. Hall 1 N.C. 126 1799 0 North Carolina
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 Maryland