Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Abernethy v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 322 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
People v. Petrea 1 N.Y. Crim. 198 1882 1 New York
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Chase v. State 46 Miss. 683 1872 1 Mississippi
Garner v. Executors of Garner 1 S.C. Eq. 437 1795 0 Wills & Estates South 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
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 Freedom suit United States
People v. Ashe 44 Cal. 288 1872 1 California
O'Neil v. Cleveland 30 N.J. Eq. 273 1878 1 New Jersey
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. v. Mayo 8 Tex. Civ. App. 164 1894 1 Texas
Isbell v. Butler 2 Va. Col. Dec. 40 1734 0 Virginia
Cloud v. Calhoun 31 S.C. Eq. 358 1858 0 Trusts & Estates South Carolina
United States v. Prout 27 F. Cas. 625 1833 0 Selling Liquor to 'negroes' in a public manner. /Disorderly House United States
Campbell v. Holt 115 U.S. 620 1885 0 Wills & Estates United States
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 Debt and warranty for enslaved person United States
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 Contracts United States