Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McClung v. McWhorter 47 W. Va. 150 1899 1 West Virginia
Manguno v. City of New Orleans 155 So. 41 1934 1 Louisiana
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 183 La. 139 1935 1 Louisiana
Dunshee v. Dunshee 251 Ill. 405 1911 1 Illinois
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Ragsdale v. Hagy 50 Va. 409 1852 1 Virginia
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Succession of Seals 142 So. 2d 629 1962 1 Louisiana
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Hermes v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. 80 Wis. 590 1891 1 Wisconsin