| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth v. Clark | 47 Va. 675 | 1849 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Lutz v. Commonwealth | 29 Pa. 441 | 1857 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Old v. Commonwealth | 59 Va. 915 | 1867 | 1 | Virginia | |
| State v. Riffe | 10 W. Va. 794 | 1877 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Hunter v. State | 60 Ark. 312 | 1895 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| State v. Teahan | 50 Conn. 92 | 1882 | 1 | Connecticut | |
| Wakeman v. Chambers | 69 Iowa 169 | 1886 | 1 | Iowa | |
| Post v. Rohrbach | 142 Ill. 600 | 1892 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Becker v. Roth | 132 Ky. 429 | 1909 | 1 | Kentucky | |
| Farrar v. Christy's Administrators | 24 Mo. 453 | 1857 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Ingersoll's Appeal | 86 Pa. 240 | 1878 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Eakin v. Riddle | 127 Tenn. 426 | 1912 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Will of Scholl | 100 Wis. 650 | 1898 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Bailey v. Commonwealth | 78 Va. 19 | 1883 | 1 | Virginia | |
| United States v. Fuller | 5 N.M. 80 | 1889 | 1 | New Mexico | |
| State v. Douglass | 41 W. Va. 537 | 1895 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Lane v. Tidball | 21 Va. 130 | 1820 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Hughes v. Caldwell | 38 Va. 342 | 1840 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Wilkins v. Gordon | 38 Va. 547 | 1841 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Breckenridge v. Auld | 40 Va. 148 | 1842 | 1 | Virginia |