Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State v. Lawson 123 N.C. 740 1898 1 North Carolina
Hunt v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad 126 Mo. App. 261 1907 1 Missouri
State v. Baker 231 N.C. 136 1949 1 North Carolina
Doe on the Demise of Debrule v. Scott 53 N.C. 73 1860 1 North Carolina
Harralson v. Pleasants 61 N.C. 365 1867 1 North Carolina
Leggat v. Palmer 39 Mont. 302 1909 1 Montana
Hubbard v. Hubbard 172 Md. 645 1937 1 Maryland
State v. Goff 205 N.C. 545 1934 1 North Carolina
M'Caw v. Blewit 7 S.C. Eq. 90 1827 1 South Carolina
Cooner v. May 22 S.C. Eq. 185 1849 1 South Carolina
Giles v. Franks 17 N.C. 521 1834 1 North Carolina
Sutton v. West 77 N.C. 429 1877 1 North Carolina
Edgerly v. Barker 66 N.H. 434 1891 1 New Hampshire
Friyer v. McNaughton 110 Mich. 22 1896 1 Michigan
Martin v. Cowles 19 N.C. 101 1836 1 North Carolina
Powell v. Hill 64 N.C. 169 1870 1 North Carolina
Citizens Trust Co. v. Tindle 272 Mo. 681 1917 1 Missouri
Smith v. Ossipee Valley Ten Cents Savings Bank 64 N.H. 228 1886 1 New Hampshire
Howard v. Thomas 12 Ohio St. 201 1861 1 Ohio
Pierson v. McCahill 21 Cal. 122 1862 1 California