Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker v. People 1 N.Y. Crim. 7 1881 1 New York
Walker v. People 88 N.Y. 81 1882 1 New York
Thompson v. Commonwealth 49 Va. 637 1851 1 Virginia
Grottkau v. State 70 Wis. 462 1888 1 Wisconsin
Hardesty v. Harris 19 Md. 317 1863 1 Maryland
Hand v. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 405 Md. 375 2008 1 Maryland
People v. Slack 15 Mich. 193 1867 1 Michigan
Machir's Executor v. Machir's Devisees 20 Va. 265 1818 1 Virginia
Clark v. Mayor of Baltimore 29 Md. 277 1868 1 Maryland
Anderson v. Western Union Telegraph Co. 77 Miss. 851 1900 1 Mississippi
Corbett v. Hospelhorn 172 Md. 257 1937 1 Maryland
Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Purifoy 280 Md. 46 1977 1 Maryland
Lewis v. State 348 Md. 648 1998 1 Maryland
Williams v. Barnes 28 Ala. 613 1856 1 Alabama
Farmers & Mechanics Bank v. Nelson 12 Md. 35 1858 1 Maryland
Whitridge v. Parkhurst 20 Md. 62 1863 1 Maryland
Canton Co. v. Northern Central Railway Co. 21 Md. 383 1864 1 Maryland
Hall v. Jones 21 Md. 439 1864 1 Maryland
Fardy v. Williams 38 Md. 493 1873 1 Maryland
Guardianship of Taylor 3 Coffey 105 1886 1 California