Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Compton v. Compton 14 Miss. 194 1846 0 Mississippi
Calmes v. Ford 14 Miss. 190 1846 0 Mississippi
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Mississippi
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Civil Illinois
Davis v. Calvert 5 G. & J. 269 1833 0 Maryland
Maria v. White 3 D.C. 663 1829 0 United States
Tarlton v. Tippett 2 D.C. 463 1824 0 United States
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 United States
Negro Jack v. Hopewell 6 H. & J. 20 1781 0 Maryland
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Mississippi
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Boltze v. State 24 Ala. 89 1854 0 Alabama
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Mississippi
Bethea v. McLennon 23 N.C. 523 1841 0 North Carolina
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 United States
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 United States