Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gold v. Judson 21 Conn. 616 1852 1 Connecticut
Osburn's Appeal 104 Pa. 637 1883 1 Pennsylvania
McLaren v. Watson's Executors 26 Wend. 425 1841 1 New York
Olives v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 157 1872 1 Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Peretz 212 Mass. 253 1912 1 Massachusetts
Wilson v. State 134 Fla. 390 1938 1 Florida
West v. Ratledge 15 N.C. 31 1833 1 North Carolina
Anonymous 2 N.C. 4 1791 1 North Carolina
Samuel Bailey's Adm'rs v. Robt. Cochran's Adm'r 2 N.C. 120 1794 1 North Carolina
Campbell v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance 2 Whart. 53 1837 1 Pennsylvania
President, Directors of Middlesex Bank v. Minot 45 Mass. 325 1842 1 Massachusetts
Doe on dem. McLeod v. McCall 48 N.C. 87 1855 1 North Carolina
Estate of Barrett 5 Coffey 376 1899 1 California
Lindsay's executors v. Armfield 10 N.C. 548 1825 1 North Carolina
Van Wyck v. Pine & Pine 2 Hill & Den. 666 1842 1 New York
Cochran v. Clements 37 Del. 410 1936 1 Delaware
Jones v. Taylor 12 N.C. 434 1828 1 North Carolina
Ayer v. Bartlett 26 Mass. 156 1829 1 Massachusetts
Brown v. City of Vicksburg 108 Miss. 510 1914 1 Mississippi
Galbraith v. Whyte 2 N.C. 535 1797 1 North Carolina