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