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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gaff v. Cornwallis 219 Mass. 226 1914 1 Massachusetts
Herdman v. Boardman 98 Cal. App. 119 1929 1 California
Winkler v. Woodruff 21 Del. Ch. 147 1935 1 Delaware
Buchwald v. Buchwald 175 Md. 103 1938 1 Maryland
Saunders v. Lee 101 N.C. 3 1888 1 North Carolina
Hemphill v. Nelson 95 Fla. 498 1928 1 Florida
Barnes v. Trenton Gas Light Co. 27 N.J. Eq. 33 1876 1 New Jersey
Harvey v. Foster 64 Cal. 296 1883 1 California
Butler v. Smith 20 Or. 126 1890 1 Oregon
In re the Estate of Harden 13 Mills Surr. 353 1914 1 New York
In re the Estate of Harden 88 Misc. 420 1914 1 New York
In re Harden's Estate 150 N.Y.S. 743 1914 1 New York
State v. Pridgen 30 N.C. 84 1847 1 North Carolina
State v. King 74 N.C. 177 1876 1 North Carolina
State v. Barefoot 89 N.C. 565 1883 1 North Carolina
State v. Gray 109 N.C. 790 1891 1 North Carolina
State v. Robbins 123 N.C. 730 1898 1 North Carolina
State v. Tuttle 145 N.C. 487 1907 1 North Carolina
Southern Railway Co. v. Hayes 183 Ala. 465 1913 1 Alabama
State v. Oxendine 187 N.C. 658 1924 1 North Carolina