| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type ▲ | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath v. Heath | 85 N.H. 419 | 1932 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Rucker v. State | 7 Tex. Ct. App. 549 | 1880 | 1 | Texas | |
| Hirshfield v. State | 11 Tex. Ct. App. 207 | 1881 | 1 | Texas | |
| Dun v. Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad | 78 Va. 645 | 1884 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Adams v. Gay | 19 Vt. 358 | 1847 | 1 | Vermont | |
| State v. Smalley | 50 Vt. 736 | 1878 | 1 | Vermont | |
| State v. Magoon | 50 Vt. 333 | 1877 | 1 | Vermont | |
| Powell v. Larance | 155 So. 13 | 1934 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Carmichael v. Reed | 76 W. Va. 672 | 1915 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Burnett v. Harwell | 30 Va. 89 | 1831 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Jones v. Ward | 18 Tenn. 160 | 1836 | 0 | Tennessee | |
| The John T. Moore | 13 F. Cas. 897 | 1877 | 1 | United States | |
| Singleton v. Garrett | 23 Miss. 195 | 1851 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Probate Court v. Hazard | 13 R.I. 3 | 1880 | 1 | Rhode Island | |
| Reherd v. Long | 77 Va. 839 | 1883 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Nevitt v. Woodburn | 160 Ill. 203 | 1895 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Rannells v. Gerner | 80 Mo. 474 | 1883 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Whitman v. Hapgood | 10 Mass. 437 | 1813 | 1 | Massachusetts | |
| Ridings v. Johnson | 128 U.S. 212 | 1888 | 1 | United States | |
| White v. Ponder | 180 Ky. 386 | 1918 | 1 | Kentucky |