Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Summers v. United States Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co. 13 La. Ann. 504 1858 0 Louisiana
Gray v. Commonwealth 92 Va. 772 1895 1 Virginia
Robertson v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 946 1820 1 United States
Toole v. Stephen 31 Va. 581 1833 1 Virginia
Englishbe v. Helmuth 3 N.Y. 294 1850 1 New York
Etheridge v. Doe ex dem. Malempre 18 Ala. 565 1851 1 Alabama
Blair v. Thompson 52 Va. 441 1854 1 Virginia
Cross v. De Valle 6 F. Cas. 887 1859 1 United States
Osterman v. Baldwin 73 U.S. 116 1867 1 United States
Settegast v. Schrimpe 35 Tex. 323 1872 1 Texas
Ould v. Myers 64 Va. 383 1873 1 Virginia
McArthur v. Porter 1 Ohio 99 1823 1 Ohio
Barnett's Appeal 46 Pa. 392 1864 1 Pennsylvania
Hammekin v. Clayton 11 F. Cas. 375 1874 1 United States
Sands v. Lynham 68 Va. 291 1876 1 Virginia
Ruffner, Donnally & Co. v. Hewitt, Kerchival & Co. et al. 14 W. Va. 737 1879 1 West Virginia
Pye v. Jenkins 20 F. Cas. 95 1835 1 United States
Pye v. Jenkins 4 D.C. 541 1835 1 United States
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Baker v. Morris's Adm'r 37 Va. 285 1839 1 Virginia