Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 North Carolina
Young v. Gibson 2 Tex. 417 1847 0 Texas
Boney v. Hollingsworth 23 Ala. 690 1853 0 Alabama
Wafer v. Hemken 9 Rob. 203 1844 0 Louisiana
The Malaga v. Bispham 16 F.Cas. 535 1849 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Garrard v. Reed 5 Rob. 506 1843 0 Louisiana
Rozier v. Holliday 8 Md. 381 1855 0 Maryland
State v. Davidson 42 Tenn. 184 1865 0 Tennessee
Hester v. Hester 38 N.C. 9 1843 0 North Carolina
Solomon Walker's Administrators v. Hawkins 2 N.C. 458 1796 0 North Carolina
Summers v. Wilson 42 Tenn. 469 1865 0 Tennessee
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Lister v. Skinner 26 N.C. 57 1843 0 North Carolina
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Civil Indiana
Waters v. Barton 41 Tenn. 450 1860 0 Tennessee
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 North Carolina
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Taylor 10 Rob. 133 1845 0 Louisiana