Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitecraft v. Vanderver 12 Ill. 235 1850 1 Illinois
Cassell v. Williams 12 Ill. 387 1851 1 Illinois
Blair v. Parker 4 Ill. App. 409 1879 1 Illinois
Van Wyck v. Seward 18 Wend. 198 1837 1 New York
Peterson v. Oleson 47 Wis. 122 1879 1 Wisconsin
Goodwin v. Miller 16 Va. 42 1811 1 Virginia
Peterson v. Brown 17 Nev. 172 1882 1 Nevada
Kitchell v. Jackson 71 Ala. 556 1882 1 Alabama
Loos v. Wilkinson 23 N.Y. St. Rep. 282 1889 1 New York
Loos v. Wilkinson 113 N.Y. 485 1889 1 New York
Ringold v. Suiter 35 W. Va. 186 1891 1 West Virginia
Tate v. Sanders 245 Mo. 186 1904 1 Missouri
Thomas v. Harkness 76 Ky. 23 1877 1 Kentucky
Coatney v. Hopkins 14 W. Va. 338 1878 1 West Virginia
Brent v. Dold 21 Va. 211 1820 1 Virginia
Wise v. Lamb 50 Va. 294 1852 1 Virginia
Clark v. Clark 123 Kan. 646 1927 1 Kansas
Farrar v. Michoud 22 La. Ann. 358 1870 1 Louisiana
Abington v. Travis 15 Mo. 240 1851 1 Missouri
Williams & Blackwell v. Sloan 75 Va. 137 1881 1 Virginia