Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Copeland v. Collins 122 N.C. 619 1898 1 North Carolina
Kausler v. Ford 47 Miss. 289 1872 1 Mississippi
See v. Derr 57 Mich. 369 1885 1 Michigan
Tyus v. De Jarnette 26 Ala. 280 1855 1 Alabama
Felton v. Bissel 25 Minn. 15 1878 1 Minnesota
Osborne v. McCoy 107 N.C. 726 1890 1 North Carolina
Beasley v. Surles 140 N.C. 605 1906 1 North Carolina
Harris v. Cannady 149 N.C. 81 1908 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Alphin 150 N.C. 425 1909 1 North Carolina
Cornish v. Friedman 94 Ark. 282 1910 1 Arkansas
Robertson v. Halton 156 N.C. 215 1911 1 North Carolina
Van Buren Bryan v. Malloy 90 N.C. 508 1884 1 North Carolina
Person v. Roberts 159 N.C. 168 1912 1 North Carolina
Cropsey v. Markham 171 N.C. 43 1916 1 North Carolina
Heirs at Law of Freeman v. Ramsey 189 N.C. 790 1925 1 North Carolina
Doe on demise of Crissman v. Crissman 27 N.C. 498 1845 1 North Carolina
Vaughan v. Farmer 90 N.C. 607 1884 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Ireland v. Tapscott 68 N.C. 300 1873 1 North Carolina
Compton v. McMahan 19 Mo. App. 494 1885 1 Missouri
Potts v. Breneman 182 Pa. 295 1897 1 Pennsylvania