| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▼ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft v. Bloom | 59 Miss. 69 | 1881 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Stickney v. Goudy | 132 Ill. 213 | 1890 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Ward v. Ward's Heirs | 40 W. Va. 611 | 1895 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Estate of Fay | 1 Coffey 428 | 1902 | 1 | California | |
| Allen v. Cowan | 28 Barb. 99 | 1858 | 1 | New York | |
| Cutting v. Gilman | 41 N.H. 147 | 1860 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Sheegog v. Perkins | 63 Tenn. 273 | 1874 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Drew v. Hagerty | 81 Me. 231 | 1889 | 1 | Maine | |
| Yancey v. Field | 85 Va. 756 | 1889 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Nielson v. Haas | 192 So. 716 | 1939 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| State v. Plants | 25 W. Va. 119 | 1884 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Hart v. Ketchum | 121 Cal. 426 | 1898 | 1 | California | |
| Knight v. Tripp | 121 Cal. 674 | 1898 | 1 | California | |
| Hawn v. Stoler | 208 Pa. 610 | 1904 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Waugh v. Richardson | 107 W. Va. 43 | 1929 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| E. M. Meadows Funeral Home v. Hinton | 119 W. Va. 609 | 1938 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Roberts v. Moseley | 64 Mo. 507 | 1877 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Warwick v. Warwick | 72 Va. 70 | 1878 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Seborn v. Beckwith | 30 W. Va. 774 | 1888 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Wing v. Cooper | 37 Vt. 169 | 1864 | 1 | Vermont |