Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hamilton v. Williams 2 N.C. 160 1794 1 North Carolina
Overman v. Coble 35 N.C. 1 1851 1 North Carolina
Nixon v. Zuricalday 144 N.Y. 300 1895 1 New York
De Witt v. Bigelow & Co. 11 Ala. 480 1847 1 Alabama
Robinson v. Rapelye 2 Stew. 86 1829 1 Alabama
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Doe on dem of McConnell v. McConnell 64 N.C. 342 1870 1 North Carolina
Greenleaf v. Bartlett 146 N.C. 495 1908 1 North Carolina
Gann v. Spencer 167 N.C. 429 1914 1 North Carolina
Overton v. Boyce 26 N.C. App. 680 1975 1 North Carolina
Speight v. Administrator of Meigs 3 S.C.L. 486 1805 1 South Carolina
Sanders v. Hamilton 21 F. Cas. 320 1802 1 United States
Alsop v. Swathel 7 Conn. 500 1829 1 Connecticut
Officer v. Murphy 16 Tenn. 502 1835 1 Tennessee
Middleton v. Thompson 28 S.C.L. 67 1842 1 South Carolina
Cox v. Clift 2 N.Y. 118 1848 1 New York
Gerry v. Stimson 60 Me. 186 1872 1 Maine
Cohen v. Sharp 44 Cal. 29 1872 1 California
Smith v. Moore 7 S.C. 209 1876 1 South Carolina
Polk's Lessee v. Robertson & Cockrel 1 Tenn. 456 1809 1 United States