Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Alabama
United States v. Henning 4 D.C. 608 1835 0 United States
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Civil Massachusetts
Wright v. McAlexander 11 Ala. 236 1847 0 Alabama
Christian v. Greenwood 23 Ark. 258 1861 0 Arkansas
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
Merrill v. Dawson 17 F. Cas. 86 1846 0 United States
Wier v. Buford 8 Ala. 134 1845 0 Alabama
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Arkansas
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 North Carolina
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Louisiana
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Mississippi
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Louisiana
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Hatton v. Landman 28 Ala. 127 1856 0 Alabama