| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merryman v. Criddle | 18 Va. 542 | 1815 | 1 | Virginia | |
| United States v. Howard | 132 F. 325 | 1904 | 1 | United States | |
| Backus v. Taylor | 20 Va. 488 | 1820 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Edmonds v. Green | 22 Va. 44 | 1822 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Fairfax v. Lewis | 23 Va. 20 | 1823 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Stout v. Jackson | 23 Va. 132 | 1823 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Lewis v. Weldon | 24 Va. 71 | 1824 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Graham v. Bardin | 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 | 1855 | 1 | Virginia | |
| McClure's Executors v. Gamble | 27 Pa. 288 | 1856 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Howell v. State | 162 Ga. 14 | 1926 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Brandon v. State | 169 Ga. 808 | 1930 | 1 | Georgia | |
| McColl v. Jordan | 200 Iowa 961 | 1925 | 1 | Iowa | |
| State v. Buckner | 52 Ind. 278 | 1875 | 1 | Indiana | |
| Kimball v. Thompson | 58 Mass. 441 | 1849 | 1 | Massachusetts | |
| Burt v. McKinstry | 4 Minn. 204 | 1860 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Knox v. Hunt & Labeaume | 18 Mo. 174 | 1853 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Ziekel v. Douglass | 88 Mo. 382 | 1885 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Betts v. Demumbrune | 3 Tenn. 39 | 1812 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Moore v. Berry | 40 Tenn. App. 1 | 1955 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Neal v. Peden | 38 Tenn. 546 | 1858 | 1 | Tennessee |