Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bob v. State 32 Ala. 560 1858 0 Alabama
Gilliam v. Welch 15 N.C. 286 1833 0 North Carolina
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Littlejohn v. Underhill's Executor 5 N.C. 574 1816 0 North Carolina
Bell v. Bell’s Adm’r 37 Ala. 536 1861 0 Alabama
Wade v. Edwards 1 N.C. 416 1802 0 North Carolina
Carter v. Judge of the Probate Court of Adams County ex rel the Estate of Griffin 10 Miss. 42 1843 0 Mississippi
Administrators of Butts v. Price 1 N.C. 68 1800 0 North Carolina
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Smelser v. State 31 Tex. 95 1868 0 Texas
Hill v. Fairfax 38 Tex. 220 1873 0 Texas
James P. v. Newcomb 38 Tex. 561 1873 0 Texas
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Mississippi
Garrison v. Brice 48 N.C. 85 1855 0 North Carolina
Brock v. King 48 N.C. 45 1855 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Guice 30 Miss. 397 1855 0 Mississippi
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Mississippi
Rogers v. Crain 30 Tex. 284 1867 0 Texas
Tippett v. Mize 30 Tex. 361 1867 0 Texas
Reavis v. Blackshear 30 Tex. 753 1868 0 Texas