Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dorsett v. Frith 21 Ga. 245 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Gainey 135 La. 459 1914 1 Louisiana
Shevnin v. Chester 9 La. App. 531 1929 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Caldwell 193 La. 638 1939 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Caldwell 192 So. 83 1939 1 Louisiana
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Parham v. Izard 30 Ark. 557 1875 1 Arkansas
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
Fulton v. Crosby & Beckley Co. 57 W. Va. 91 1905 1 West Virginia
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Eldridge v. Kuehl 27 Iowa 160 1869 1 Iowa
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Board of Commissioners v. Snyder 45 Kan. 636 1891 1 Kansas
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
Hedrick v. Walker 17 W. Va. 916 1881 1 West Virginia
Johnson v. Morris 21 Ga. 238 1857 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. State 12 Mo. 592 1849 1 Missouri