Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Sullivan 23 Mo. 474 1856 1 Missouri
Hull v. Lyon 27 Mo. 570 1858 1 Missouri
Kent v. Rand 64 N.H. 45 1886 1 New Hampshire
Williams v. Fitch 18 N.Y. 546 1859 1 New York
Root v. Wright 84 N.Y. 72 1881 1 New York
Benedict v. State 44 Ohio St. 679 1887 1 Ohio
Moore v. Bray 10 Pa. 519 1849 1 Pennsylvania
Anderson v. De Soer 47 Va. 363 1849 1 Virginia
Smith v. Elliott's Adm'r 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 307 1855 1 Virginia
Chahoon v. Commonwealth 62 Va. 822 1871 1 Virginia
Reed v. Jones 8 Wis. 392 1859 1 Wisconsin
DeWitt v. Perkins 22 Wis. 473 1868 1 Wisconsin
State v. Douglass 20 W. Va. 770 1882 1 West Virginia
McGugin v. O. R. R. 33 W. Va. 63 1889 1 West Virginia
McClanahan v. Davis 49 U.S. 170 1850 1 United States
Kennedy v. Foley 240 Md. 615 1965 1 Maryland
Stout v. City Fire Insurance Co. of New Haven 12 Iowa 371 1861 1 Iowa
Welsh v. Welsh 254 Md. 681 1969 1 Maryland
Waters v. Smith 27 Md. App. 642 1975 1 Maryland
Lyons v. Turner 27 Va. 41 1827 1 Virginia