Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Cunningham v. Wood 23 Tenn. 417 1843 0 Tennessee
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
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Woodson v. Smith 38 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
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
Trammell v. McDade 29 Tex. 360 1867 0 Texas