Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Walker v. Smith, Robinson & Co. 2 Vt. 539 1830 1 Vermont
Monk v. Jenkins 11 S.C. Eq. 9 1834 1 South Carolina
Doyle v. Knapp 4 Ill. 334 1841 1 Illinois
Morrill v. Aden 19 Vt. 505 1847 1 Vermont
Myers v. Grant 212 Ga. 677 1956 1 Georgia
Fuller v. Fuller 213 Ga. 103 1957 1 Georgia
Anspach v. Bast 52 Pa. 356 1866 1 Pennsylvania
Bookstaver v. Glenny 3 Thomp. & Cook 248 1874 1 New York
Bookstaver v. Jayne 3 Thomp. & Cook 397 1874 1 New York
Bruce v. Kelly 2 Abb. N. Cas. 81 1877 1 New York
Sharp v. Bowie 142 Cal. 462 1904 1 California
Ludlow v. Union Insurance 2 Serg. & Rawle 119 1815 1 Pennsylvania
Den v. Vancleve 5 N.J.L. 589 1819 1 New Jersey
Williams v. Gilman 3 Me. 276 1825 1 Maine
Bartels v. Harris 4 Me. 146 1826 1 Maine
James v. Caldwell 15 Tenn. 38 1834 1 Tennessee
Lowry v. Orr 6 Ill. 70 1844 1 Illinois
Hooben v. Bidwell 16 Ohio 509 1847 1 Ohio
Andrews v. Lynch 27 Mo. 167 1858 1 Missouri