| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinney v. Cook | 4 Ill. 232 | 1841 | 0 | Civil | Illinois |
| Barret v. Gaston | 1 Ill. 255 | 1828 | 0 | Illinois | |
| Jarrot v. Jarrot | 7 Ill. 1 | 1845 | 0 | Civil | Illinois |
| Nance v. Howard | 1 Ill. 242 | 1828 | 0 | Illinois | |
| Flack v. Cunningham | 1 Blackf. 107 | 1820 | 0 | Civil | Indiana |
| Riley v. Watson | 18 Ind. 291 | 1862 | 0 | Civil | Indiana |
| State v. Curzy | 19 Ind. 430 | 1862 | 0 | Criminal | Indiana |
| Collier v. Collier | 30 Ind. 32 | 1868 | 0 | Indiana | |
| Graves v. State | 1 Ind. 368 | 1849 | 0 | Criminal | Indiana |
| Green v. Vardiman | 2 Blackf. 324 | 1830 | 0 | Civil | Indiana |
| State v. Lasselle | 1 Blackf. 60 | 1820 | 0 | Civil | Indiana |
| In re Ralph | 1 Morris 1 | 1839 | 0 | Civil | Iowa |
| Wright v. Ross | 2 Greene 266 | 1849 | 0 | Iowa | |
| Seevers v. Hamilton | 6 Iowa 199 | 1858 | 0 | Iowa | |
| Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator | 56 Ky. 376 | 1856 | 0 | Kentucky | |
| Smart v. Baugh | 26 Ky. 363 | 1830 | 0 | Kentucky | |
| Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky | 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) | 1855 | 0 | Kentucky | |
| Western v. Pollard | 55 Ky. 315 | 1855 | 0 | Kentucky | |
| Amy v. Smith | 11 Ky. 326 | 1822 | 0 | Kentucky | |
| Maxwell v. Maxwell | 60 Ky. 101 | 1860 | 0 | Kentucky |