Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Vicksburg & Meridian R. R. v. Green 42 Miss. 436 1869 0 Mississippi
McAnulty v. Bingaman 7 Miss. 382 1842 0 Mississippi
Chapman v. Chapman 32 Ala. 106 1858 0 Alabama
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Mississippi
Coppage v. Barnett 34 Miss. 621 1857 0 Mississippi
Malone v. Mooring 40 Miss. 247 1866 0 Mississippi
Louisiana v. Estate of Baillio 15 La. Ann. 555 1860 0 Louisiana
Hayley v. Hayley 62 N.C. 180 1867 0 North Carolina
Skillman v. Purnell 3 La. 494 1832 0 Louisiana
Singleton v. Smith 4 La. 430 1832 0 Louisiana
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1192 1848 0 Civil District Court, S.D. New York
Lindsay v. King 3 Port. 406 1836 0 Alabama
Bookout v. Anderson 2 La. Ann. 246 1847 0 Louisiana
Roebuck v. Curry 2 La. Ann. 998 1847 0 Louisiana
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Civil SC of New York
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Civil Illinois
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Louisiana
Burkhartv. Jennings 2 W. Va. 242 1867 0 West Virginia
Daublin v. Mayor of New-Orleans 1 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1810 0 Louisiana