Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bookstaver v. Jayne 3 Thomp. & Cook 397 1874 1 New York
Bruce v. Kelly 2 Abb. N. Cas. 81 1877 1 New York
Sharp v. Bowie 142 Cal. 462 1904 1 California
Ludlow v. Union Insurance 2 Serg. & Rawle 119 1815 1 Pennsylvania
Den v. Vancleve 5 N.J.L. 589 1819 1 New Jersey
Williams v. Gilman 3 Me. 276 1825 1 Maine
James v. Caldwell 15 Tenn. 38 1834 1 Tennessee
Lowry v. Orr 6 Ill. 70 1844 1 Illinois
Hooben v. Bidwell 16 Ohio 509 1847 1 Ohio
Andrews v. Lynch 27 Mo. 167 1858 1 Missouri
Fancher & Foot v. Goodman 29 Barb. 315 1859 1 New York
Chase v. Blaisdell 4 Minn. 90 1860 1 Minnesota
Lewis v. Blake 23 N.Y. Super. Ct. 198 1863 1 New York
Thomas v. McNeil 2 La. Ann. 795 1847 1 Louisiana
Towle v. Jones 24 N.Y. Super. Ct. 87 1863 1 New York
Godfrey v. Germain 24 Wis. 410 1869 1 Wisconsin
Raphaelsky v. Lynch 12 Abb. Pr. 224 1871 1 New York
Raphelsky v. Lynch 43 How. Pr. 157 1871 1 New York
People ex rel. Stemmler v. McGuire 9 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 269 1874 1 New York
Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Cox 115 Ga. 715 1902 1 Georgia