Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Harring v. Coles 2 Brad. 349 1853 1 New York
Mears v. Sinclair 1 W. Va. 185 1865 1 West Virginia
Roth v. Michalis 125 Ill. 325 1888 1 Illinois
Lemon v. Fox 21 Kan. 152 1878 1 Kansas
Fisk v. Stewart 24 Minn. 97 1877 1 Minnesota
Woodlief v. Wester 136 N.C. 162 1904 1 North Carolina
Blessett v. Turcotte 23 N.D. 417 1912 1 North Dakota
Turk v. Page 68 Okla. 275 1918 1 Oklahoma
Holmes v. Fulton 193 Pa. 270 1899 1 Pennsylvania
Dillon v. Davis 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 386 1877 1 Tennessee
State v. Nashville Savings Bank 84 Tenn. 111 1885 1 Tennessee
Heath v. Jones 168 F.2d 460 1948 1 United States
Miller v. Bascom 28 Mo. 352 1859 1 Missouri
Brown v. Ferguson 31 Va. 37 1832 1 Virginia
Youngs v. Carter 17 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 194 1877 1 New York
M'Clung v. Beirne 37 Va. 349 1839 1 Virginia
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Robinson v. Sherman 43 Va. 178 1845 1 Virginia
Dejarnatte v. Allen & wife 46 Va. 499 1849 1 Virginia
Houston v. Br. Bank at Huntsville 25 Ala. 250 1854 1 Alabama