Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sam v. State 21 Miss. 189 1849 1 Mississippi
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
Rigsbee v. Rigsbee 215 N.C. 757 1939 1 North Carolina
Bull v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 613 1857 1 Virginia
Brown v. State 18 Ohio St. 497 1869 1 Ohio
Strawhern v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1338 1872 1 Mississippi
Shinn v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 899 1879 1 Virginia
Strouther v. Commonwealth 92 Va. 789 1895 1 Virginia
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Vaiden v. Stubblefield's Ex'or 69 Va. 153 1877 1 Virginia
McMechen v. McMechen 17 W. Va. 683 1881 1 West Virginia
Johnson v. Ludwick 58 W. Va. 464 1905 1 West Virginia
Shuee v. Shuee 100 Ind. 477 1885 1 Indiana
Pierce v. Gates 7 Blackf. 162 1844 1 Indiana
State v. Sutton 116 Ind. 527 1889 1 Indiana
State ex rel. Butler v. Foster 187 Mo. 590 1905 1 Missouri
Dozier v. Toalson 180 Mo. 546 1904 1 Missouri
City of Sedalia ex rel. Sedalia National Bank v. Donohue 190 Mo. 407 1905 1 Missouri
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas