Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Babcock v. Stanley 11 Johns. 178 1814 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Recovery for wages SC of Judicature of New York
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia