Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Knight v. Yarborough 25 Va. 566 1826 0 SC of Appeals VA
Stegall v. Stegall 22 F. Cas. 1226 1825 0 US Cir. Ct. of VA
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 SC of Appeals VA
Early v. Early 21 Va. 124 1820 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ronald v. Barkley 20 F. Cas. 1148 1818 0 Cir Ct, D of VA
Thomas v. Soper 19 Va. 28 1816 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hopkirk v. McConico 12 F. Cas. 501 1812 0 Cir Ct, D of VA
Coutts v. Greenhow 16 Va. 363 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Baird v. Bland 17 Va. 570 1812 0 SC of Appeals VA
Faulcon v. Harriss 12 Va. 550 1808 0 SC of Appeals VA
Merrill v. Jones 2 Ala. 192 1841 0 Alabama
Pierce v. Wilson 34 Ala. 596 1859 0 Alabama
Cuney v. Dupree 21 Tex. 211 1858 0 Texas
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Jerby v. One Hundred & Ninety-Four Slaves 13 F. Cas. 550 1806 0 United States
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Alabama
State v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 189 1857 0 Louisiana