Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilliam v. Welch 15 N.C. 286 1833 0 North Carolina
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 North Carolina
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Littlejohn v. Underhill's Executor 5 N.C. 574 1816 0 North Carolina
Cain v. State 18 Tex. 387 1857 0 Texas
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Alabama
Wade v. Edwards 1 N.C. 416 1802 0 North Carolina
Carter v. Bennett 6 Fla. 214 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Gullett v. Lamberton 6 Ark. 109 1845 0 Arkansas
Newcombe v. Skipwith 1 Mart. (o.s.) 151 1810 0 Louisiana
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Arkansas
Reece v. Johnson 20 F. Cas. 403 1829 0 Arkansas
Parker v. Lewis 18 F. Cas. 1145 1829 0 Arkansas
Hawkins v. Hudson 45 Ala. 482 1871 0 Alabama
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Alabama
United States v. Spalding 4 D.C. 616 1835 0 United States
Brantly v. Kee 58 N.C. 332 1860 0 North Carolina
Frierson v. Frierson 21 Ala. 549 1852 0 Alabama
State ex rel. Latham v. Fagan 51 N.C. 62 1858 0 North Carolina
Moore v. Minerva 17 Tex. 20 1856 0 Texas