Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
People v. Beck 21 Cal. 385 1863 1 California
Hart's Appeal from Probate 32 Conn. 520 1865 1 Connecticut
Olds v. State 44 Fla. 452 1902 1 Florida
Morton v. People 47 Ill. 468 1868 1 Illinois
Commonwealth v. Sowle 75 Mass. 304 1857 1 Massachusetts
People v. Macard 73 Mich. 15 1888 1 Michigan
State v. Ellis 74 Mo. 207 1881 1 Missouri
State v. Kotovsky 74 Mo. 247 1881 1 Missouri
Hague v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1081 1872 1 Mississippi
Ross v. Nesmith 2 Miss. Dec. 389 1883 1 Mississippi
Territory of New Mexico v. Lucero 16 N.M. 652 1911 1 New Mexico
Bank v. McIntire 40 Ohio St. 528 1884 1 Ohio
State v. Lawrence 20 Or. 236 1891 1 Oregon
Acker v. Commonwealth 94 Pa. 284 1880 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Bowling 3 Shan. Cas. 110 1880 1 Tennessee
Hull v. State 74 Tenn. 249 1880 1 Tennessee
Cooper v. State 210 Tenn. 63 1962 1 Tennessee
State v. Shuford 69 N.C. 486 1873 1 North Carolina
State v. Gounagias 88 Wash. 304 1915 1 Washington
Johnson v. State 129 Wis. 146 1906 1 Wisconsin