Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodwin v. Hammond 13 Cal. 168 1859 1 California
Wheaton v. Neville 19 Cal. 41 1861 1 California
Tyler v. Willis 13 Abb. Pr. 369 1861 1 New York
Fassett v. Tallmadge 18 Abb. Pr. 48 1863 1 New York
Smart v. Bement 4 Abb. Ct. App. 253 1866 1 New York
Marshall v. Green Exr. 24 Ark. 410 1866 1 Arkansas
Barker v. Dayton 28 Wis. 367 1871 1 Wisconsin
Taylor v. Rasch 23 F. Cas. 789 1871 1 United States
Thompson v. Bickford 19 Minn. 17 1872 1 Minnesota
Seylar v. Carson 69 Pa. 81 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Dawley v. Brown 65 Barb. 107 1873 1 New York
Stockley v. Horsey 9 Del. 603 1874 1 Delaware
Guffin v. First National Bank 74 Ill. 259 1874 1 Illinois
Green v. Blackwell 32 N.J. Eq. 768 1880 1 New Jersey
Hester v. Thomson 58 Miss. 108 1880 1 Mississippi
Bates v. Bradley 31 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 84 1881 1 New York
People v. New York & Manhattan Beach Railway Co. 84 N.Y. 565 1881 1 New York
Filley v. King 49 Conn. 211 1881 1 Connecticut
Newton v. Russell 87 N.Y. 527 1882 1 New York
Wallace v. White 12 Ill. App. 177 1883 1 Illinois