Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Penny v. British & American Mortgage Co. 132 Ala. 357 1901 1 Alabama
King v. Harrington 14 Mich. 532 1866 1 Michigan
Longworth v. Kavanaugh 286 Mo. 545 1921 1 Missouri
Hicks v. Kenan 139 N.C. 337 1905 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Fissell 92 N.J. Eq. 508 1921 1 New Jersey
In re the probate of the alleged will & Codicil of Braunstein 105 N.J. Eq. 682 1930 1 New Jersey
Sprouce v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 375 1823 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Hughes 26 Va. 655 1826 1 Virginia
Ward v. Churn 59 Va. 801 1868 1 Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Jameson 13 W. Va. 833 1878 1 West Virginia
People v. Bearss 10 Cal. 68 1858 1 California
King v. State 43 Fla. 211 1901 1 Florida
Pridgen v. Green 80 Ga. 737 1888 1 Georgia
Davis v. Hudson 29 Minn. 27 1881 1 Minnesota
Williamson v. State 64 Miss. 229 1886 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. State 71 Miss. 880 1894 1 Mississippi
Buck v. Commonwealth 107 Pa. 486 1884 1 Pennsylvania
Wortham v. Boyd 66 Tex. 401 1886 1 Texas
Gathright v. Wheat 70 Tex. 740 1888 1 Texas
Pates v. St. Clair 52 Va. 22 1854 1 Virginia