| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond v. Cutler | 10 Mass. 419 | 1813 | 1 | Massachusetts | |
| Burton v. Farinholt | 86 N.C. 260 | 1882 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| State v. Jessup | 279 N.C. 108 | 1971 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Champion v. Miller | 55 N.C. 194 | 1855 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Shepard v. Akers | 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 215 | 1876 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Grantham v. Kennedy | 91 N.C. 148 | 1884 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Haughton v. Lane | 38 N.C. 627 | 1845 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Murchison's Executors v. Whitted | 87 N.C. 465 | 1882 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Drake v. Drake | 82 N.C. 443 | 1880 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Jackson v. Shields | 87 N.C. 437 | 1882 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Wilson v. Lineberger | 88 N.C. 416 | 1883 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Baxter v. Costin | 45 N.C. 262 | 1853 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Voltz v. Voltz | 75 Ala. 555 | 1883 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Colton v. Stanford | 82 Cal. 351 | 1890 | 1 | California | |
| Sackman v. Campbell | 15 Wash. 57 | 1896 | 1 | Washington | |
| Magee v. Cowperthwaite | 10 Ala. 966 | 1847 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Hall v. Carter | 8 Ga. 388 | 1850 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Moore v. Miller | 62 N.C. 359 | 1868 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Calvert v. Peebles | 71 N.C. 274 | 1874 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Blue v. Ritter | 118 N.C. 580 | 1896 | 1 | North Carolina |