Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tarleton v. Goldthwaite's Heirs 23 Ala. 346 1853 1 Alabama
Watkins v. Wassell 20 Ark. 410 1859 1 Arkansas
Thomas v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. 81 F. 911 1897 1 United States
Gibson v. Fristoe 5 Va. 62 1797 1 Virginia
Call v. Scott 8 Va. 402 1803 1 Virginia
Brown v. Brent 11 Va. 4 1806 1 Virginia
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York
Church v. State 206 Tenn. 336 1960 1 Tennessee
Speiden v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 156 1877 1 Texas
Schiller v. Blyth & Fargo Co. 15 Wyo. 304 1907 1 Wyoming
Williams v. State 55 Ga. 391 1875 1 Georgia
Love v. People 160 Ill. 501 1896 1 Illinois
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
Skipwith v. Gibson 14 Va. 490 1810 1 Virginia
Powell v. Waters 8 Cow. 669 1826 1 New York
Hoyt v. Bridgewater Copper Mining Co. 6 N.J. Eq. 253 1847 1 New Jersey
Swayne v. Riddle 37 W. Va. 291 1893 1 West Virginia
Crim v. Post 41 W. Va. 397 1895 1 West Virginia
Garvin v. Linton 62 Ark. 370 1896 1 Arkansas
Stonebraker v. Zinn 169 W. Va. 259 1982 1 West Virginia