| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simmons v. Kincaid | 37 Tenn. 450 | 1858 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Coutts v. Walker | 29 Va. 268 | 1830 | 0 | SC of Appeals VA | |
| Marley v. Cummings | 37 Tenn. 479 | 1858 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Johnson v. Lovett | 31 Ga. 187 | 1860 | 0 | Supreme Court of Georgia | |
| Tims v. Potter | 1 N.C. 22 | 1789 | 0 | North Carolina | |
| Luna v. Edmiston | 37 Tenn. 159 | 1857 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Williams v. McCormack | 26 Tenn. 308 | 1846 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Nixon v. Lindsay | 55 N.C. 230 | 1855 | 0 | North Carolina | |
| Alexander v. Ghiselin | 5 Gill 138 | 1847 | 0 | Maryland | |
| O'Neal v. Baker | 47 N.C. 168 | 1855 | 0 | North Carolina | |
| Hancock v. Edwards | 26 Tenn. 349 | 1846 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Rowland v. Partin | 54 N.C. 257 | 1854 | 0 | North Carolina | |
| Newman v. Baer | 50 La. Ann. 323 | 1897 | 0 | Louisiana | |
| Heath v. Gregory | 46 N.C. 417 | 1854 | 0 | North Carolina | |
| Pinckard v. McCoy | 22 Ga. 28 | 1857 | 0 | Supreme Court of Georgia | |
| Hamblet v. Herndon | 22 Tenn. 34 | 1842 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Long v. Hicks | 21 Tenn. 305 | 1841 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| Corbitt v. Corbitt | 54 N.C. 114 | 1853 | 0 | North Carolina | |
| Howard v. Carpenter | 11 Md. 259 | 1857 | 0 | Maryland | |
| Sadler v. Anderson | 17 Tex. 245 | 1856 | 0 | Texas |