Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shaw v. State 18 Ala. 547 1851 1 Alabama
State v. Cryer 20 Ark. 64 1859 1 Arkansas
Freel v. State 21 Ark. 212 1860 1 Arkansas
Chatterton v. People 15 Abb. Pr. 147 1861 1 New York
de la Garza v. Carolan 31 Tex. 387 1868 1 Texas
State v. Testerman 68 Mo. 408 1878 1 Missouri
State v. Burbage 51 S.C. 284 1898 1 South Carolina
State v. Yoho 64 W. Va. 250 1908 1 West Virginia
Coker v. State 18 Ala. App. 550 1922 1 Alabama
Coker v. State 207 Ala. 656 1922 1 Alabama
Hill v. State 30 Ala. App. 332 1942 1 Alabama
Flournoy v. State 251 Ala. 285 1948 1 Alabama
Jolly v. State 36 Ala. App. 533 1952 1 Alabama
State v. Burbank 156 Me. 269 1960 1 Maine
Glasco v. State 513 So. 2d 54 1987 1 Alabama
Weidler v. State 624 So. 2d 1090 1993 1 Alabama
Alley v. Daniel 75 Ala. 403 1883 1 Alabama
Gambrill v. Schooley 93 Md. 48 1901 1 Maryland
Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Smith 141 Ala. 335 1904 1 Alabama
Coleman v. Pepper 159 Ala. 310 1909 1 Alabama