Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. McManus 15 La. Ann. 676 1860 0 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Levy 64 Va. 21 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mangun v. Webster 7 Gill 78 1848 0 Maryland
Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Magruder v. Carroll 4 Md. 335 1853 0 Maryland
Ryan v. Lieber 30 Ga. 433 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Foster v. Holly 38 Ala. 76 1861 0 Alabama
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Davison v. Waite 16 Va. 527 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Doe v. Roe 30 Ga. 961 1860 0 Georgia
Costillo v. Thompson 9 Ala. 937 1846 0 Alabama
Mobile & Ohio R. R. v. Thomas 42 Ala. 672 1868 0 Alabama
Gilmer’s Legatees v. Gilmer’s Executors 42 Ala. 9 1868 0 Alabama
Pleasant v. State 17 Ala. 190 1850 0 Alabama
Cave v. Shelor 16 Va. 193 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fitzhugh v. Foote 7 Va. 13 1801 0 SC of Appeals VA
Matthews v. Downs 54 N.C. 331 1854 0 North Carolina
Harrington v. Moore 48 N.C. 56 1855 0 North Carolina