Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Clary’s Administrators v. Clary 24 N.C. 78 1841 0 North Carolina
Tifft v. State 23 Miss. 567 1852 0 Mississippi
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Mississippi
Newell v. Newell 34 Miss. 385 1857 0 Mississippi
King v. Talbert 36 Miss. 367 1858 0 Mississippi
Howerton v. Holt 23 Tex. 51 1859 0 Texas
Williamson v. Williamson 58 N.C. 142 1859 0 North Carolina
Harrison v. Deramus 33 Ala. 463 1859 0 Alabama
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Louisiana
Garner v. Prewitt 32 Ala. 13 1858 0 Alabama
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Mississippi
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Wethered 37 Tex. 130 1873 0 Texas
Armstrong ex rel. Cloud v. Martin 18 N.C. 397 1835 0 North Carolina
Bell's Adm'r v. Nichols 38 Ala. 678 1863 0 Alabama
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Gowen 37 Miss. 444 1859 0 Mississippi
Dawson v. Dawson 16 N.C. 396 1830 0 North Carolina
State v. Smith 13 N.C. 281 1829 0 North Carolina
State v. Hale 9 N.C. 582 1823 0 North Carolina