Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 North Carolina
Tyson v. Tyson 9 N.C. 472 1823 0 North Carolina
Whitehurst v. Executors of Pritchard 5 N.C. 383 1810 0 North Carolina
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Hartell v. Searcy 32 Ga. 190 1861 0 Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Alabama
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Jackson ex dem. Varick v. Waldron 13 Wend. 178 1834 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Administrators of Ligon v. Rogers 12 Ga. 281 1852 0 Georgia
Baxter v. Stewart 36 Tenn. 213 1856 0 Tennessee
Bridgewater v. Legatees of Pride 1 Sneed 195 1853 0 Tennessee