| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▼ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craine v. Edwards | 92 Ky. 109 | 1891 | 1 | Kentucky | |
| Rathbone v. Hamilton | 4 App. D.C. 475 | 1894 | 1 | District of Columbia | |
| Morton v. Onion | 45 Vt. 145 | 1872 | 1 | Vermont | |
| Carothers v. Carothers | 196 Okla. 640 | 1946 | 1 | Oklahoma | |
| Dudley v. Staton | 257 N.C. 572 | 1962 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Krall v. Forney | 182 Pa. 6 | 1897 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Sutherland v. Mayer | 271 U.S. 272 | 1926 | 1 | United States | |
| Hanchett v. Williams | 24 Ill. App. 56 | 1887 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Blass v. Goodbar | 65 Ark. 511 | 1898 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| State v. Lassiter | 191 N.C. 210 | 1926 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| State v. Green | 193 N.C. 302 | 1927 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| McAdoo v. Thompson | 72 N.C. 408 | 1875 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Raht v. Union Consolidated Mining Co. | 73 Tenn. 1 | 1880 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Steadman v. Steadman | 143 N.C. 345 | 1906 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Glen v. Kimbrough | 58 N.C. 173 | 1859 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Blake v. Chambers | 4 Neb. 90 | 1875 | 1 | Nebraska | |
| Stilwell v. Swarthout | 81 N.Y. 109 | 1880 | 1 | New York | |
| Thompson v. Nations | 112 N.C. 508 | 1893 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Hunter v. Marlboro | 12 F. Cas. 957 | 1846 | 1 | United States | |
| Bentley v. Phelps | 3 F. Cas. 244 | 1847 | 1 | United States |