Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jordan v. State 32 Miss. 382 1856 0 Mississippi
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Alabama & Florida R. R. v. Watson 42 Ala. 74 1868 0 Alabama
Miller v. Helm 10 Miss. 687 1843 0 Mississippi
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 39 1827 0 Alabama
Harry v. Decker 1 Miss. 36 1818 0 Mississippi
Hinds v. Terry 1 Miss. 80 1820 0 Mississippi
Floyd v. Morrow 26 Ala. 353 1855 0 Alabama
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Mississippi
Sherrod v. Sherrod's Adm'rs 38 Ala. 537 1863 0 Alabama
Cook v. Baine 37 Ala. 350 1861 0 Alabama
Pope v. John Nance & Co. ex rel. Lucas 1 Minor 299 1824 0 Alabama
Bean v. Welsh 17 Ala. 770 1850 0 Alabama
Succession of Taylor v. Taylor 15 La. Ann. 313 1860 0 Louisiana
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Louisiana
Langdon v. Roane's Adm'r 6 Ala. 518 1844 0 Alabama
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Texas
Dismukes v. Terry 1 Miss. 197 1825 0 Mississippi
Garrett v. Gaines 6 Tex. 435 1851 0 Texas
Meadows v. Moore 58 N.C. 54 1859 0 North Carolina