Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Scott v. Indianapolis Wagon Works 48 Ind. 75 1874 1 Indiana
Featherston v. Wilson 123 N.C. 623 1898 1 North Carolina
Kincaid v. Howe 10 Mass. 203 1813 1 Massachusetts
Britt v. Patterson 31 N.C. 197 1848 1 North Carolina
McLain v. People ex rel. Moore 85 Ill. 205 1877 1 Illinois
Doe on demise of Williams v. Harrington 33 N.C. 616 1850 1 North Carolina
In re Dodd 62 N.C. 97 1867 1 North Carolina
Van Heuvel v. Long 200 Ala. 27 1917 1 Alabama
Lee v. Macon County Bank 233 Ala. 522 1937 1 Alabama
Hope v. Wilkinson 82 Tenn. 21 1884 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Cairns 92 Tex. 667 1899 1 Texas
Wilts v. Wilts 151 Iowa 149 1911 1 Iowa
Nance v. Powell 39 N.C. 297 1846 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. North St. Louis Trust Co. v. Wolfe 343 Mo. 580 1938 1 Missouri
Wise v. Hine 1 Greene 62 1847 1 Iowa
Den on dem. of Rogers v. Ratcliff 48 N.C. 225 1855 1 North Carolina
Hayward v. French 78 Mass. 453 1859 1 Massachusetts
Ronge v. Dawson 9 Wis. 246 1859 1 Wisconsin
Miller v. Womack's Administrator 1 Freem. Ch. 486 1844 1 Mississippi
Thompson v. Badham 70 N.C. 141 1874 1 North Carolina