Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Semple v. Schwarz 130 Mo. App. 65 1908 1 Missouri
Dankworth v. State 61 Tex. Crim. 157 1911 1 Texas
Hone v. Van Schaick 3 Barb. Ch. 488 1848 1 New York
Dankworth v. State 136 S.W. 788 1911 1 Texas
Byrd v. State 72 Tex. Crim. 242 1913 1 Texas
Locke v. Ionia Circuit Judge 184 Mich. 535 1915 1 Michigan
Swearingen v. Bond 96 W. Va. 193 1924 1 West Virginia
State v. Morrison 96 W. Va. 674 1924 1 West Virginia
State v. Terwilliger 141 Or. 372 1932 1 Oregon
Clark v. State 169 Miss. 369 1934 1 Mississippi
Feldesman v. McGovern 44 Cal. App. 2d 566 1941 1 California
Rosebud Mining & Milling Co. v. Hughes 21 Colo. App. 247 1912 1 Colorado
Slade v. Harris 105 Conn. 436 1927 1 Connecticut
Jones v. Wright 19 Ga. App. 242 1917 1 Georgia
McDow v. Dixon 138 Ga. App. 338 1976 1 Georgia
Walker v. Collier 61 Ga. 341 1878 1 Georgia
Priest v. Dodsworth 235 Ill. 613 1908 1 Illinois
Piper v. Green 216 Ill. App. 590 1920 1 Illinois
Swearingen v. Wabash Railroad 221 Mo. 644 1909 1 Missouri
Gabbert v. Evans 184 Mo. App. 283 1914 1 Missouri