Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Castellano v. Peillon 2 Mart. (n.s.) 466 1824 0 Louisiana
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Montgomery v. Henderson 56 N.C. 113 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. Iverson 17 Ala. 216 1850 0 Alabama
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Alabama
Ford v. Blount's Ex'or 25 N.C. 516 1843 0 North Carolina
Debora v. Coffin 1 Mart. (o.s.) 40 1809 0 Louisiana
Foscue v. Foscue 37 N.C. 321 1842 0 North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Pettus v. Roberts 6 Ala. 811 1844 0 Alabama
Mitchell v. Clarke 1 N.C. 25 1790 0 North Carolina
Jones' Adm'r v. Shaddock 41 Ala. 262 1867 0 Alabama
Allen v. Bryant 42 N.C. 276 1851 0 North Carolina
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Caller v. Vivian 8 Ala. 903 1846 0 Alabama
Cummings v. McCullough 5 Ala. 324 1843 0 Alabama
Smith v. Daniel 7 N.C. 128 1819 0 North Carolina
Rice v. Richardson 3 Ala. 428 1842 0 Alabama
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina