Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Smith v. Edrington 12 U.S. 66 1814 1 United States
Smith v. Jones 4 Ohio 104 1829 1 Ohio
Morton v. Barrett 22 Me. 257 1843 1 Maine
Gifford v. Dyer 2 R.I. 99 1852 1 Rhode Island
Perdue v. Caswell Creek Coal & Coke Co. 40 W. Va. 372 1895 1 West Virginia
McFarland v. Hall 17 Tex. 676 1856 1 Texas
Shelton v. Pollock & Co. 11 Va. 423 1807 1 Virginia
Dunbar v. Buck 20 Va. 34 1817 1 Virginia
Postmaster General v. Munger 19 F. Cas. 1099 1827 1 United States
Lord v. Baldwin 23 Mass. 348 1828 1 Massachusetts
Etheridge v. Binney 26 Mass. 272 1830 1 Massachusetts
Gilliat v. Lynch 29 Va. 493 1831 1 Virginia
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Kilcrease's heirs v. Blythe 25 Tenn. 378 1845 1 Tennessee
Cook v. Berkley 7 Va. 378 1803 1 Virginia
Tennell v. Dozier 3 Ky. 47 1806 1 Kentucky
Allen v. Belches 12 Va. 595 1808 1 Virginia
Ogden's Appeal 70 Pa. 501 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Hooe v. Tebbs 15 Va. 501 1810 1 Virginia
Segouine v. Auditor of Public Accounts 18 Va. 398 1815 1 Virginia