Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Werbiskie v. McManus 31 Tex. 116 1868 1 Texas
Woodford v. Stephens 51 Mo. 443 1873 1 Missouri
State ex rel. Carolina Iron Co. v. Abernathy 94 N.C. 545 1886 1 North Carolina
Wooten v. Wooten 123 N.C. 219 1898 1 North Carolina
Harrelson v. Gooden 229 N.C. 654 1948 1 North Carolina
Leak v. Isaacson 15 F. Cas. 102 1847 1 United States
Gleason v. Sawyer 22 N.H. 85 1850 1 New Hampshire
Starring v. Mason 4 Neb. 367 1876 1 Nebraska
Gilmore v. Devlin 11 D.C. 306 1880 1 District of Columbia
Harper v. Dail 92 N.C. 394 1885 1 North Carolina
Keaton v. Jones 119 N.C. 43 1896 1 North Carolina
Norwood v. Grand Lodge of Masons 179 N.C. 441 1920 1 North Carolina
Owens v. Reserve Loan Life Insurance 206 N.C. 882 1934 1 North Carolina
Solomon v. Ables 58 N.M. 633 1954 1 New Mexico
Rosenburg v. Rosenburg 47 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 91 1886 1 New York
Gray v. Barton 62 Mich. 186 1886 1 Michigan
Ashley v. Brown 198 N.C. 369 1930 1 North Carolina
McCoy v. Justice 199 N.C. 602 1930 1 North Carolina
Thompson v. Thompson 33 S.C.L. 48 1847 1 South Carolina
Wright v. Wright 198 N.C. 754 1930 1 North Carolina