Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Levi 44 N.C. 6 1852 0 North Carolina
Forkner v. Stuart 47 Va. 197 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fletcher v. Ashley 47 Va. 332 1849 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hall v. Chapman’s Adm’rs 35 Ala. 553 1860 0 Alabama
Carter's Executors v. Rutland 2 N.C. 112 1794 0 North Carolina
Flowers v. Glasgow 2 N.C. 141 1794 0 North Carolina
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Dean 35 N.C. 63 1851 0 North Carolina
Williamson's Administrators v. Smart 1 N.C. 219 1801 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee
Roddy v. Finnegan 43 Md. 490 1876 0 Maryland
Grimes v. Talbert 14 Md. 169 1859 0 Maryland
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Robinett v. Wilson 8 Gill 179 1849 0 Maryland
Bohn v. Headley 7 H. & J. 257 1826 0 Maryland
Dowd v. Montgomery 5 N.C. 100 1815 0 North Carolina
Scott v. Dobson 1 Md. 160 1749 0 Maryland
Boon v. Lancaster 33 Tenn. 577 1854 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland