Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hoy v. Varner 100 Va. 600 1902 1 Virginia
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
Hunsicker v. Williston 1 Monag. 585 1889 1 Pennsylvania
Thompson v. Hebel 4 Teiss. 289 1907 1 Louisiana
Wertheimer v. Mayor of Boonville 29 Mo. 254 1860 1 Missouri
West v. Ferguson 57 Va. 270 1861 1 Virginia
Ex parte Ellyson 61 Va. 10 1870 1 Virginia
City Council v. Radcliffe 66 Ga. 469 1881 1 Georgia
McAffee v. Covington 4 Colo. L. Rep. 646 1884 1 Georgia
Marshall v. Donovan 73 Ky. 681 1874 1 Kentucky
Jackson v. Payne’s executors 59 Ky. 567 1859 1 Kentucky
Tyler v. Murray 57 Md. 418 1882 1 Maryland
Sills v. Ford 171 N.C. 733 1916 1 North Carolina
Newell v. Nichols 75 N.Y. 78 1878 1 New York
Bailey v. Stedronsky 57 Ohio App. 265 1936 1 Ohio
Cofield v. Farrell 38 Okla. 608 1913 1 Oklahoma
State v. Rankin 44 Tenn. 145 1867 1 Tennessee
Bostic v. Watson 2 Tenn. App. 209 1926 1 Tennessee
Herstein v. Kemker 19 Tenn. App. 681 1936 1 Tennessee
Allen v. Melton 20 Tenn. App. 387 1936 1 Tennessee