Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cogswell v. Dolliver 2 Mass. 217 1806 1 Massachusetts
Den on the Demise of Fitzrandolph v. Norman 4 N.C. 131 1817 1 North Carolina
Merrill v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road 16 Wend. 586 1837 1 New York
Moore v. Andrews & Bros. 5 Port. 107 1837 1 Alabama
State v. Thomas 64 N.C. 74 1870 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Green v. Harman 15 N.C. 158 1833 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Burton v. Carruth 18 N.C. 2 1834 1 North Carolina
Davila v. Mumford 65 U.S. 214 1860 1 United States
Denton v. Buckingham 1 Tenn. 76 1804 1 Tennessee
Overton's Lessee v. Lackey & Campbell 3 Tenn. 193 1812 1 Tennessee
M'Carrol's Lessee v. Weeks 6 Tenn. 246 1814 1 Tennessee
Jordan v. James 10 N.C. 110 1824 1 North Carolina
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Glover v. Holman 50 Tenn. 519 1871 1 Tennessee
McPherson v. McPherson 33 N.C. 391 1850 1 North Carolina
Savage v. Lee 90 N.C. 320 1884 1 North Carolina
In re Guardianship of Dixon 156 N.C. 26 1911 1 North Carolina
Booraem v. North Hudson County Railway Co. 44 N.J. Eq. 70 1888 1 New Jersey
Greenburg v. Early 4 Misc. 99 1893 1 New York
Greenburg v. Early 30 Abb.N. Cas. 300 1893 1 New York