Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodwyn v. Myers 57 Va. 336 1862 1 Virginia
Joseph v. Pyle 2 W. Va. 449 1868 1 West Virginia
Claflin v. Steenbock 59 Va. 842 1868 1 Virginia
Epstein v. Salorgne 6 Mo. App. 352 1878 1 Missouri
Chapman v. Maitland 22 W. Va. 329 1883 1 West Virginia
Axman v. Dueker 45 Kan. 745 1891 1 Kansas
Furst Bros. v. Banks 101 Va. 208 1903 1 Virginia
Wheatley's Heirs v. Calhoun 39 Va. 264 1841 1 Virginia
Brooke v. Washington 49 Va. 248 1851 1 Virginia
Wardwell v. McDowell 31 Ill. 364 1863 1 Illinois
Zane v. Sawtell 11 W. Va. 43 1877 1 West Virginia
Blodgett v. American National Bank 49 Conn. 9 1881 1 Connecticut
Holmes v. Self 79 Ky. 297 1881 1 Kentucky
In re Codding 9 F. 849 1881 1 United States
Hedrick v. Tuckwiller 20 W. Va. 489 1882 1 West Virginia
E. J. Hart & Co. v. Anger & Nicol 38 La. Ann. 341 1886 1 Louisiana
Stewart v. Robinson 21 Abb. N. Cas. 63 1888 1 New York
State v. Wood 136 La. 658 1915 1 Louisiana
Stewart v. Robinson 115 N.Y. 328 1889 1 New York
Thomson v. Shackelford 6 Tex. Civ. App. 121 1894 1 Texas