Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Graham v. Lockhart 8 Ala. 9 1845 0 Alabama
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Mississippi
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Alabama
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 North Carolina
Dunn v. Davis 12 Ala. 135 1847 0 Alabama
Harris v. Harris 42 N.C. 111 1850 0 North Carolina
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. Johnson 38 N.C. 426 1844 0 North Carolina
State v. Williams 31 N.C. 140 1848 0 North Carolina
Kinnaird Ex'or v. Williams's Adm'r 35 Va. 400 1836 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. State 13 Ala. 153 1848 0 Alabama
Gentry v. Bailey 47 Va. 594 1850 0 SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cook v. Cook 12 Ark. 381 1851 0 Arkansas
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Mississippi
Frank v. State 39 Miss. 705 1861 0 Mississippi
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Alabama
State v. Harris 63 N.C. 1 1868 0 North Carolina
Alfred v. State 37 Miss. 296 1859 0 Mississippi
Whitworth v. Hart 22 Ala. 343 1853 0 Alabama