Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Pride v. Pulliam 11 N.C. 49 1825 0 North Carolina
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Alabama
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Hester v. Hester 38 N.C. 9 1843 0 North Carolina
Summers v. Wilson 42 Tenn. 469 1865 0 Tennessee
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Alabama
Roberts v. Westbrook 41 Tenn. 115 1860 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Alabama
Carswell v. Ware 30 Ga. 267 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Ann v. State 30 Tenn. 159 1850 0 Tennessee
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 North Carolina
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 United States
Snodgrass v. Snodgrass 60 Tenn. 157 1873 0 Tennessee
Stephens v. Orman 10 Fla. 9 1862 0 Supreme Court of FL