Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Little v. McLendon 58 N.C. 216 1859 0 North Carolina
Tatum v. Hunter 14 Ala. 557 1848 0 Alabama
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Boyd 38 Ala. 625 1863 0 Alabama
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Harrison v. Evans 1 D.C. 364 1806 0 United States
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Beasley v. Downey 32 N.C. 284 1849 0 North Carolina
Wynns v. Burden 58 N.C. 377 1860 0 North Carolina
Pannell v. Hampton 32 N.C. 463 1849 0 North Carolina
Cannady v. Roberts 41 N.C. 422 1849 0 North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Alabama
Harris v. Miller 30 Ala. 221 1857 0 Alabama
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Alabama
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
State v. Robbins 31 N.C. 356 1849 0 North Carolina
Pugh v. Mordecai 41 N.C. 61 1849 0 North Carolina
Den on demise of Meredith v. Anders 31 N.C. 329 1849 0 North Carolina