Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee
Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N. 1 G. & J. 270 1829 0 Maryland
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Sorrey v. Bright 21 N.C. 113 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Cholett v. Hart 2 S.C.L. 156 1798 0 Property South Carolina
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 Contracts United States
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
McMillan v. Greer 85 Cal. App. 558 1927 1 California