Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bell v. Hanks 55 Ga. 274 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Atwood 14 Ga. 402 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Stroud v. Mays 7 Ga. 269 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 United States
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 North Carolina
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 United States
M'Vaughters v. Elder 4 S.C.L. 307 1809 0 South Carolina
Hackney v. Williams ex rel. Johnston 14 Tenn. 340 1834 0 Tennessee
Hamilton v. Franklin 4 D.C. 729 1836 0 United States
Moore v. Simmons 39 Tenn. 545 1859 0 Tennessee
Fay v. Hall 25 Ala. 704 1854 0 Alabama
Offutt v. Edwards 9 Rob. 90 1844 0 Louisiana
Hill v. McDonald 38 Tenn. 383 1858 0 Tennessee
Haughton v. Barney 37 N.C. 393 1842 0 North Carolina
Strain v. Wright 7 Ga. 568 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Mims v. Sturdevant 23 Ala. 664 1853 0 Alabama
Raines v. Childress 21 Tenn. 449 1841 0 Tennessee