All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Succession of Giddens 48 La. Ann. 356 1895 1 Louisiana
Adler v. Adler 52 Wash. 539 1909 1 Washington
Battis v. Montaba 143 Wis. 234 1910 1 Wisconsin
Tavshanjian v. Abbott 200 N.Y. 374 1911 1 New York
McLean v. McLean 207 N.Y. 365 1913 1 New York
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Gaffken 197 A.D. 257 1921 1 New York
Read v. Read 180 Wis. 497 1923 1 Wisconsin
In re the Estate of Reilly 130 Misc. 320 1927 1 New York
Appenfelder v. Security Trust & Savings Bank 99 Cal. App. 330 1929 1 California
In re the Last Will & Testament of Scolpino 231 A.D. 690 1931 1 New York
In re the Estate of de Coppet 142 Misc. 816 1932 1 New York
In re the Estate of Bent 142 Misc. 811 1932 1 New York
In re the Estate of Tierney 148 Misc. 378 1933 1 New York
In re the Estate of Guilmartin 156 Misc. 699 1935 1 New York
In re the Estate of Griffin 159 Misc. 12 1936 1 New York
Pascucci v. Alsop 147 F.2d 880 1945 1 United States
In re the Will of Stern 189 Misc. 639 1945 1 New York
Burns v. Burns 67 Wyo. 314 1950 1 Wyoming
In re the Estate of Santelli 28 N.J. 331 1958 1 New Jersey
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York