Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Terry v. Blakemore 54 Tenn. 638 1872 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Miller's Heirs 54 Tenn. 65 1871 0 Tennessee
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Myers 54 Tenn. 709 1872 0 Tennessee
Raines v. Barker 54 Va. 128 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
McDaniel v. Baskervill 54 Va. 228 1856 0 Trusts & Estates SC of Appeals VA
Friedman Bros. v. Mathes 55 Tenn. 488 1872 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. South Western Iron Co. 55 Tenn. 826 1871 0 Tennessee
Reids Adm'r v. Blackstone 55 Va. 363 1858 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sherman v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 677 1858 0 Writ of Error SC of Appeals VA
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Allen v. Walt 56 Tenn. 242 1872 0 Tennessee
Merriman v. Norman 56 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Sharp 56 Tenn. 660 1872 0 Tennessee
Logan v. Hartford City & Syracuse Coal Co. 56 Tenn. 689 1872 0 Tennessee
Kindell v. Titus 56 Tenn. 727 1872 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Morris 56 Tenn. 814 1872 0 Tennessee