Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. Iverson 17 Ala. 216 1850 0 Alabama
McLeod v. Tutt 2 Miss. 288 1836 0 Mississippi
McElhaney v. State 24 Ala. 71 1854 0 Alabama
Parker v. Vick 22 N.C. 195 1838 0 North Carolina
McLure v. Hart 19 Ark. 119 1857 0 Arkansas
Jones' Adm'r v. Shaddock 41 Ala. 262 1867 0 Alabama
Allen v. Bryant 42 N.C. 276 1851 0 North Carolina
Sims v. Goodwyn 31 Ga. 267 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Almeida v. Certain Slaves 1 F. Cas. 538 1814 0 United States
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 North Carolina
Wallis v. Rhea 10 Ala. 451 1846 0 Alabama
Wren v. Gayden 2 Miss. 365 1836 0 Mississippi
Cross v. Camp 42 N.C. 193 1851 0 North Carolina
Portevant v. Pendleton's Administrators 23 Miss. 25 1851 0 Mississippi
Clayton v. Glover 56 N.C. 371 1857 0 North Carolina
United States v. Soper 4 D.C. 623 1835 0 United States
Gould v. Womack 2 Ala. 83 1841 0 Alabama
Nabors v. Nabors 2 Port. 162 1835 0 Alabama
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 United States