Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Davis v. Baltzer 1 D.C. 482 1808 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Rhodes 1 D.C. 447 1807 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 Trover United States
Alice v. Mortè 2 D.C. 485 1824 0 Lost Items United States
United States v. Butler 1 D.C. 373 1806 0 Battery of a slave United States
United States v. King 1 D.C. 444 1807 0 Evidence United States
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 Wills, Trusts, and Estates United States
Fanny v. Kell 8 F. Cas. 995 1823 0 Contracts, Birth Status. United States
Matilda v. Mason & Moore 2 D.C. 343 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ex parte Anthony 1 D.C. 295 1806 0 Habeus Corpus United States
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 Parol Evidence United States
Foster v. Simmons 1 D.C. 316 1806 0 Freedom Petition/ MD importation statute. United States
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Lee v. Ramsay 1 D.C. 435 1807 0 Parol Evidence/gifts/'detinue' United States