Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Peter v. Cocke 1 Va. 257 1794 1 Virginia
Beale v. Wilson 18 Va. 380 1815 1 Virginia
Williams v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad 22 Kan. 117 1879 1 Kansas
Turpin v. Turpin 1 Va. 75 1792 1 Virginia
Harrison v. Allen 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 291 1794 1 Virginia
Harrison v. Allen 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 291 1794 1 Virginia
Kinney v. Beverley 12 Va. 318 1808 1 Virginia
Smith v. Edrington 12 U.S. 66 1814 1 United States
Smith v. Jones 4 Ohio 104 1829 1 Ohio
Morton v. Barrett 22 Me. 257 1843 1 Maine
Gifford v. Dyer 2 R.I. 99 1852 1 Rhode Island
Perdue v. Caswell Creek Coal & Coke Co. 40 W. Va. 372 1895 1 West Virginia
McFarland v. Hall 17 Tex. 676 1856 1 Texas
Shelton v. Pollock & Co. 11 Va. 423 1807 1 Virginia
Dunbar v. Buck 20 Va. 34 1817 1 Virginia
Postmaster General v. Munger 19 F. Cas. 1099 1827 1 United States
Lord v. Baldwin 23 Mass. 348 1828 1 Massachusetts
Etheridge v. Binney 26 Mass. 272 1830 1 Massachusetts
Gilliat v. Lynch 29 Va. 493 1831 1 Virginia
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York