Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McCampbell v. Farnsworth 43 Tenn. 317 1866 0 Tennessee
Abernathy v. Black 42 Tenn. 314 1865 0 Tennessee
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Erwin v. Kilpatrick 10 N.C. 456 1825 0 North Carolina
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Doe on dem. of Barden v. M'Kinne 11 N.C. 279 1826 0 North Carolina
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hester v. Hester 38 N.C. 9 1843 0 North Carolina
State ex rel. Lister v. Skinner 26 N.C. 57 1843 0 North Carolina
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Civil Indiana
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Alabama
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina
Austin’s Ex’or v. Jones 21 Va. 341 1821 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Louisiana
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Alabama
Hawkins v. Skeggs's adm'r 29 Tenn. 31 1848 0 Tennessee
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
Law v. Scott 5 H. & J. 438 1822 0 Maryland