Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Johnson 145 So. 773 1933 1 Louisiana
Brewster v. Hewes 113 La. 45 1904 1 Louisiana
Brodack v. Morsbach 38 Wash. 72 1905 1 Washington
Petticrew v. Greenshields 61 Wash. 614 1911 1 Washington
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
Maulden v. Thomas 9 Ga. 174 1850 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Fleming v. Yost 137 Ind. 95 1894 1 Indiana
Hendricks v. Mitchell 37 Ga. 230 1867 0 Equity Action, Emancipation of slaves Georgia
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
Davis v. Smith 30 Ga. 263 1860 0 Equity Action, conveyance of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Estate of Charania v. Shulman 608 F.3d 67 2010 1 United States