Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lehman v. Logan 42 N.C. 296 1851 0 North Carolina
Gregory v. Williams 24 Ark. 177 1866 0 Arkansas
McEntire v. McEntire 43 N.C. 297 1852 0 North Carolina
Harkey v. Harkey 36 N.C. 394 1841 0 North Carolina
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 United States
Sylvia v. Coryell 1 D.C. 32 1801 0 United States
Bartee v. Tompkins 36 Tenn. 623 1857 0 Tennessee
Bourland v. Nixon 27 Ark. 315 1871 0 Arkansas
Edelen's Ex'rs v. Dent's Adm'rs 2 G. & J. 185 1830 0 Maryland
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Louisiana
Jones v. Jones 36 N.C. 332 1841 0 North Carolina
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Bowie v. Minter 2 Ala. 406 1841 0 Alabama
Raborg’s Adm'x. v. Hammond's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 42 1827 0 Maryland
Fowler v. Norman 21 Tenn. 384 1841 0 Tennessee
Lowry v. Erwin 6 Rob. 192 1843 0 Louisiana
United States v. Frye 25 F. Cas. 1222 1835 0 United States
Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland Steam Navigation Co. v. Hungerford 6 G. & J. 291 1834 0 Maryland
Plater v. Scott 6 G. & J. 116 1834 0 Maryland
Dunn v. State 15 Ga. 419 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia