Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hivert v. Lacaze 3 Rob. 357 1842 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Griffin v. Hanson's Adm'x. 2 H. & G. 437 1828 0 Maryland
Lenoir v. Sylvester 17 S.C.L. 632 1830 0 North Carolina
Mims v. Sturdevant 23 Ala. 664 1853 0 Alabama
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Alabama
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Tillman v. Chadwick 37 Ala. 317 1861 0 Alabama
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Kean v. Welch 42 Va. 404 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Louisiana
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Alabama
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Barnes v. Strohecker 17 Ga. 340 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia