Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Stolenburg v. Diercks 117 Iowa 25 1902 1 Iowa
State v. Smith 129 Iowa 709 1906 1 Iowa
Hale v. Joslin 134 Mass. 310 1883 1 Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Barnacle 134 Mass. 215 1883 1 Massachusetts
Ross v. Ross 129 Mass. 243 1880 1 Massachusetts
Merrill v. New England Mutual Life Insurance 103 Mass. 245 1869 1 Massachusetts
Streett v. Hodgson 139 Md. 137 1921 1 Maryland
Howes v. State 141 Md. 532 1922 1 Maryland
R. H. Frazier & Son v. Leas 127 Md. 572 1916 1 Maryland
Murdock v. Schindel 128 Md. 633 1916 1 Maryland
McGraw v. Merryman 133 Md. 247 1918 1 Maryland
Dever v. Silver 135 Md. 355 1919 1 Maryland
O’Toole v. Franklin 279 Or. 513 1977 1 Oregon
McGlohon v. Harlin 254 S.C. 207 1970 1 South Carolina
York v. Cartwright 42 Tex. 136 1874 1 Texas
Wooten v. Buchanan 49 Miss. 386 1873 1 Mississippi
Stix v. Chaytor 55 Ark. 116 1891 1 Arkansas
Kramer v. Freeman 198 La. 244 1941 1 Louisiana
Oliver's Ex'or v. Hallam's Adm'r 42 Va. 298 1844 1 Virginia
In re Barclay 91 N.Y. 430 1883 1 New York