Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Abbott v. L'Hommedieu 10 W. Va. 677 1877 1 West Virginia
Johnston v. Jarret 14 W. Va. 230 1878 1 West Virginia
Haynes v. White 55 Cal. 38 1880 1 California
Logan v. Bull 78 Ky. 607 1880 1 Kentucky
Creigh's v. Boggs 19 W. Va. 240 1881 1 West Virginia
Butcher v. Peterson 26 W. Va. 447 1885 1 West Virginia
Sheffield Land, Iron & Coal Co. v. Neill 87 Ala. 158 1888 1 Alabama
Crumlish v. Railroad Co. 32 W. Va. 244 1889 1 West Virginia
Blount v. Boston 351 Md. 360 1998 1 domicile Maryland
Kenner v. Bitely 45 F. 133 1890 1 United States
Succession of Lewis v. Lewis 129 La. 638 1911 1 Louisiana
Worsham v. Ligon 144 Ga. 707 1916 1 Georgia
Thomas v. State 144 Ga. 298 1915 1 Georgia
Richardson v. Trustees Loan & Guaranty Co. 10 La. App. 363 1929 1 Louisiana
State v. Colgate 31 Kan. 511 1884 1 Kansas
Chapin v. Jenkins 50 Kan. 385 1893 1 Kansas
Elizabethtown Savings Institution v. Gerber 34 N.J. Eq. 130 1881 1 New Jersey
People v. Hooghkerk 2 N.Y. Crim. 204 1884 1 New York
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Lyden 7 Mills Surr. 285 1909 1 New York
Wile’s Estate 6 Pa. Super. 435 1898 1 Pennsylvania