Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Ex parte Williams 4 D.C. 343 1833 0 No Use of Punishement by confinement of labor for offenses that do not specifically call for it. United States
Boone's Executor v. Clarke 3 D.C. 389 1828 0 Trusts United States
Thompson v. Clarke 2 D.C. 145 1817 0 Freedom Petition/ wills United States
Butler v. Duvall 3 D.C. 611 1829 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States
Maria v. White 3 D.C. 663 1829 0 Freedom Suit/ Petition (by reason of importation) United States
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Humes v. Scruggs 94 U.S. 22 1876 1 United States
Durlacher v. Durlacher 35 F. Supp. 1005 1940 1 United States
Steele ex rel. Corn Exchange Bank v. United States 19 Ct. Cl. 181 1884 1 United States
J. T. Fargason Co. v. Furst 287 F. 306 1923 1 United States
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 Manumission/witnesses United States
Zerega v. McDonald 30 F. Cas. 930 1873 1 United States
Porter v. Price 80 F. 655 1897 1 United States
Patillo v. Allen-West Commission Co. 108 F. 723 1901 1 United States
Fitzgerald v. First Nat. Bank of Rapid City 114 F. 474 1902 1 United States
New Colonial Co. v. Canovanas Sugar Factory, Ltd. 2 P.R. Fed. 195 1906 1 United States
Ingalls Iron Works Co. v. Ingalls 152 F. Supp. 523 1957 1 United States
Stewart v. Jones 35 B.R. 392 1983 1 United States
King v. Tuscumbia, C. & D. R. 14 F. Cas. 554 1846 1 United States