Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Price v. Price 5 Ala. 578 1843 0 Alabama
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Civil Illinois
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Hanson v. Brawner 2 Md. 90 1852 0 Maryland
Bedford v. Williams 45 Tenn. 202 1867 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Thomas v. Mosely 47 Tenn. 576 1870 0 Tennessee
Beasley v. Jenkins 39 Tenn. 191 1858 0 Tennessee
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Louisiana
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Cobb v. O'Neal 34 Tenn. 438 1854 0 Tennessee
Moore v. Steele 29 Tenn. 562 1850 0 Tennessee
Aza v. Eitlinger 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 99 1808 0 Civil SC of New York
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas