Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Phœbe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Illinois
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Davis v. Baltzer 1 D.C. 482 1808 0 Freedom Petition United States
Walter & Smith v. Hoffman & Johnson 2 D.C. 651 1826 0 Parol Evidence United States
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Charlotte v. Chouteau 11 Mo. 193 1847 0 Missouri
Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 125 Ill. 626 1888 1 Illinois
Aaron v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. 159 Mo. App. 307 1911 1 Missouri
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 11 Ark. 212 1850 0 Bond dispute Arkansas