| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) ▲ | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatewood v. Burrus | 7 Va. 194 | 1802 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Aston v. Morgan | 2 Mart. (o.s.) 336 | 1812 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Mayfield v. Seawell | 3 Tenn. 436 | 1813 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Hessner v. Helm | 8 Serg. & Rawle 178 | 1822 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Raymond v. Fisher | 6 Mo. 29 | 1839 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Stubblefield v. Beazely | 46 Va. 51 | 1848 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Atau v. Goo Wan Hoy | 23 Haw. 182 | 1916 | 1 | Hawaii | |
| Harmon v. Brown | 58 Ind. 207 | 1877 | 1 | Indiana | |
| Miller v. Wohlford | 119 Ind. 305 | 1889 | 1 | Indiana | |
| Crawford's Administrator v. Lehr | 20 Kan. 509 | 1878 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Nickodemus v. Nickodemus | 45 Mich. 385 | 1881 | 1 | Michigan | |
| State v. Waghalter | 177 Mo. 676 | 1903 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Hallyburton v. Slagle | 132 N.C. 947 | 1903 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Garvin v. Paul | 47 N.H. 158 | 1866 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| State v. Smith | 33 Nev. 438 | 1910 | 1 | Nevada | |
| Halstead v. Cooper | 12 R.I. 500 | 1880 | 1 | Rhode Island | |
| Alexander v. Beadle | 47 Tenn. 126 | 1869 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Maxwell v. Hill | 89 Tenn. 584 | 1891 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Warren v. Warren | 11 Tenn. App. 338 | 1930 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Swindoll v. Jones | 41 Tenn. App. 89 | 1954 | 1 | Tennessee |