Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kneib v. Graves 72 Pa. 104 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Wilkins v. Ordway 59 N.H. 378 1879 1 New Hampshire
Sarah v. Read 102 Ill. 596 1882 1 Illinois
Louisville, N. A. & C. Ry. Co. v. Carson 66 Ill. App. 262 1896 1 Illinois
Williams v. McKeand 119 Mich. 507 1899 1 Michigan
Brown v. Hamilton 135 N.C. 10 1904 1 North Carolina
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Lawrence 19 N.C. App. 487 1973 1 North Carolina
Sain v. Baker 128 N.C. 256 1901 1 North Carolina
Gray v. Hawkins 133 N.C. 1 1903 1 North Carolina
Renner v. Williams 71 Ohio St. 340 1905 1 Ohio
Smith v. Ellington-Guy Lumber Co. 155 N.C. 389 1911 1 North Carolina
Dunn v. Hines 164 N.C. 113 1913 1 North Carolina
Rees v. Williams 165 N.C. 201 1914 1 North Carolina
Ham v. Ham 168 N.C. 486 1915 1 North Carolina
Hunt v. Jones 173 N.C. 550 1917 1 North Carolina
Kirkman v. Smith 175 N.C. 579 1918 1 North Carolina
Radford v. Rose 178 N.C. 288 1919 1 North Carolina
Robertson v. Robertson 190 N.C. 558 1925 1 North Carolina
Henderson v. Western Carolina Power Co. 200 N.C. 443 1931 1 North Carolina
Hummell v. Hummell 241 N.C. 254 1954 1 North Carolina