Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ingram v. Ingram 52 Tenn. 541 1871 0 Tennessee
Robeson v. State 50 Tenn. 266 1871 0 Tennessee
Ricks v. Hilliard 45 Miss. 359 1871 0 Recovery of enslaved woman distributed to an heir Mississippi
Jameson v. McCoy 52 Tenn. 108 1871 0 Tennessee
Hightower v. Moore 46 Ala. 466 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Oxford Iron Co. v. Spradley 46 Ala. 98 1871 1 Alabama
Smith v. Smith 45 Ala. 264 1871 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Barfield v. Price 40 Cal. 535 1871 1 California
Matthews v. Thompson 49 Tenn. 588 1871 0 Tennessee
Vance v. Smith 49 Tenn. 343 1871 0 Tennessee
Hammond v. Olive 44 Miss. 543 1870 0 Improper service of process where service must be made to a free, white member of the household Mississippi
Mayfield v. Barnard 43 Miss. 270 1870 0 Who bears the burden of the cost of an emancipated slave in a contract Mississippi
Thompson v. Munson 43 Miss. 176 1870 0 Evidence shown proving that a black person was not a slave Mississippi
State ex rel. Wilson v. Judge of the Seventh District Court 22 La. Ann. 262 1870 1 Louisiana
Stikes v. Swanson 44 Ala. 633 1870 0 Recovery for emancipation Alabama
Sandford v. Weeden 49 Tenn. 71 1870 0 Tennessee
Carter v. Cocke 64 N.C. 239 1870 1 North Carolina
James v. Johnson 44 Ala. 629 1870 0 Will & trust Alabama
Fike v. Green 64 N.C. 665 1870 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Validity of suit for promissory note given in consideration of slaves later emancipated Mississippi