Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Recovery of damages Alabama
Garrison v. Eborn 56 N.C. 228 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
Stewart v. Barcroft 23 F. Cas. 53 1841 0 Manumission/executor's duties United States
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bridges v. Wilkins 56 N.C. 342 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Mobley v. Mobley 9 Ga. 247 1851 0 fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
State v. Henry 50 N.C. 65 1857 0 Indictment for an assault North Carolina
Everton v. Everton 50 N.C. 202 1857 0 Divorce North Carolina
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Baldwin v. Baldwin 21 Tenn. 473 1841 0 Tennessee
Whitehead v. Lassiter 57 N.C. 79 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana
Airs v. Billops 57 N.C. 17 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Weems v. Bryan 21 Ala. 302 1852 0 Property dispute Alabama
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
Campbell v. Holt 115 U.S. 620 1885 0 Wills & Estates United States
McChesney v. Brown's Heirs 66 Va. 393 1874 0 Conveyance of property SC of Appeals VA