Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Sanders v. Hamilton 21 F. Cas. 320 1802 1 United States
Alsop v. Swathel 7 Conn. 500 1829 1 Connecticut
Officer v. Murphy 16 Tenn. 502 1835 1 Tennessee
Middleton v. Thompson 28 S.C.L. 67 1842 1 South Carolina
Cox v. Clift 2 N.Y. 118 1848 1 New York
Gerry v. Stimson 60 Me. 186 1872 1 Maine
Cohen v. Sharp 44 Cal. 29 1872 1 California
Smith v. Moore 7 S.C. 209 1876 1 South Carolina
Polk's Lessee v. Robertson & Cockrel 1 Tenn. 456 1809 1 United States
Nass v. Vanswearingen 7 Serg. & Rawle 192 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Rosenthal v. McMann 93 Cal. 505 1892 1 California
Allen v. Cates 262 N.C. 268 1964 1 North Carolina
Bodenhamer v. Bodenhamer 25 Tenn. 264 1845 1 Tennessee
Chadwell v. Jordan 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 635 1876 1 Tennessee
Grafton & Belington Railroad v. Buckhannon & Northern Railroad 56 W. Va. 458 1904 1 West Virginia
Kingston v. Home Life Insurance Co. of America 11 Del. Ch. 258 1917 1 Delaware
McIntyre v. Josey 239 N.C. 109 1953 1 North Carolina
Cox v. Robinson 2 Stew. & P. 91 1832 1 Alabama
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
McKenzie v. Ashe 2 N.C. 578 1797 1 North Carolina