Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Commonwealth 114 Pa. 265 1887 1 Pennsylvania
McCullough v. Brown 41 S.C. 220 1894 1 South Carolina
State ex rel. George v. Aiken 42 S.C. 222 1894 1 South Carolina
Cannon v. Wood 34 Tenn. 177 1854 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Lewis 45 Tex. Crim. 1 1903 1 Texas
Koy v. Schneider 110 Tex. 369 1920 1 Texas
State v. Newton 42 Vt. 537 1870 1 Vermont
United States v. Randall 27 F. Cas. 696 1823 1 United States
Hower v. Taggart 2 Monag. 582 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Woman's Union Missionary Society of America v. Mead 131 Ill. 338 1890 1 Illinois
Frazier v. Boggs 37 Fla. 307 1896 1 Florida
Kelly v. Benedict 5 Rob. 138 1843 1 Louisiana
Sattell v. Brenner 15 Wis. 2d 527 1962 1 Wisconsin
Quarles v. Lacy 18 Va. 251 1814 1 Virginia
Vanmeter's Ex'ors v. Vanmeters 44 Va. 148 1846 1 Virginia
Johnston v. Slater 52 Va. 321 1854 1 Virginia
Davis' Widow v. Davis' Creditors 66 Va. 587 1874 1 Virginia
Patrick v. Patrick 77 Ill. 555 1875 1 Illinois
Haglin v. Apple 65 Ark. 274 1898 1 Arkansas
Chelton v. Green 65 Md. 272 1886 1 Maryland