Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Seguine v. Seguine 2 Barb. 385 1848 1 New York
Rosser v. Franklin 47 Va. 1 1849 1 Virginia
Sturdivant v. Birchett 51 Va. 67 1853 1 Virginia
Early v. Preston 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 228 1855 1 Virginia
Hall v. Windsor Savings Bank 97 Vt. 125 1923 1 Vermont
Allaire v. Allaire 37 N.J.L. 312 1875 1 New Jersey
Purcell v. Purcell 14 Va. 507 1810 1 Virginia
Cheatham v. Hatcher 71 Va. 56 1878 1 Virginia
Haynes v. Haynes 33 Ohio St. 598 1878 1 Ohio
Webb v. Dye 18 W. Va. 376 1881 1 West Virginia
Hopf v. State 72 Tex. 281 1888 1 Texas
McFadyen v. Rose 121 Cal. 405 1898 1 California
Woodruff v. Hundley 127 Ala. 640 1900 1 Alabama
Marcum v. Gibson (In re Estate of Bond) 576 S.W.3d 38 2019 1 Arkansas
Williams v. McFadden 23 Fla. 143 1887 1 Florida
Wilkerson v. Clark 80 Ga. 367 1888 1 Georgia
Murphy v. Peabody 63 Ga. 522 1879 1 Georgia
Black v. Jacobs 113 Ga. App. 598 1966 1 Georgia
Williams v. State 69 Ga. 11 1882 1 Georgia
Endsley v. Johns 120 Ill. 469 1887 1 Illinois