Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gough v. Bell 22 N.J.L. 441 1850 1 New Jersey
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
Burroughs v. State 17 Fla. 643 1880 1 Florida
People v. Jones 242 Ill. 138 1909 1 Illinois
Stearns v. State 81 Md. 341 1895 1 Maryland
Toomer v. State 112 Md. 285 1910 1 Maryland
Benesch v. State 129 Md. 505 1916 1 Maryland
Couley v. State 12 Mo. 462 1849 1 Missouri
State v. Brockman 46 Mo. 566 1870 1 Missouri
St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad v. Silver 56 Mo. 265 1874 1 Missouri
State v. Sayers 58 Mo. 585 1875 1 Missouri
Martin v. State 30 Neb. 421 1890 1 Nebraska
Thomas v. Estate of Thomas 64 Neb. 581 1902 1 Nebraska
Robinson v. Peru Plow & Wheel Co. 1 Okla. 140 1893 1 Oklahoma
State v. Doyle 11 R.I. 574 1877 1 Rhode Island
Brickman v. Southern Railway 74 S.C. 306 1906 1 South Carolina
Warren v. State 29 Tex. 369 1867 1 Texas
Egery v. Power 38 Tex. 373 1873 1 Texas
Gibbs v. Penny 43 Tex. 560 1875 1 Texas
Smith v. St. Louis Public Schools 30 Mo. 290 1860 1 Missouri