Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Backus 5 Cal. 275 1855 1 California
Bishop v. State 9 Ga. 121 1850 1 Georgia
Delashmut v. Trau 44 Iowa 613 1876 1 Iowa
State v. Bruce 48 Iowa 530 1878 1 Iowa
Boles v. State 21 Miss. 398 1850 1 Mississippi
Clough v. State 7 Neb. 351 1878 1 Nebraska
Smillie v. Quinn 90 N.Y. 492 1882 1 New York
Crosby v. Stephan 97 N.Y. 606 1885 1 New York
Brant ex dem. Buckbee v. Fowler 7 Cow. 562 1827 1 New York
Beaumont v. Herrick 24 Ohio St. 445 1873 1 Ohio
Mimms v. State 16 Ohio St. 220 1865 1 Ohio
Shomo v. Zeigler 2 Foster 121 1874 1 Pennsylvania
Tibbs v. Zimmerman 26 Tenn. App. 321 1941 1 Tennessee
Chumbley v. Carrick 194 Tenn. 612 1953 1 Tennessee
Phillips's Lessee v. Robertson 5 Tenn. 154 1817 1 Tennessee
Redmond v. Bowles 37 Tenn. 547 1858 1 Tennessee
Krebs v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 348 1877 1 Texas
Roman v. State 41 Wis. 312 1877 1 Wisconsin
Dabney v. Catlett 39 Va. 383 1841 1 Virginia
Lord v. Lancey 21 Me. 468 1842 1 Maine