Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Beaudet 53 Conn. 536 1886 1 Connecticut
Lanckton v. United States 18 App. D.C. 348 1901 1 District of Columbia
Daniel v. Sams 17 Fla. 487 1880 1 Florida
People v. Gray 261 Ill. 140 1913 1 Illinois
Seifried v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 200 1882 1 Pennsylvania
James v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1741 1872 1 Mississippi
Dick v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 811 1872 1 Mississippi
Williams v. State 2 Miss. Dec. 601 1882 1 Mississippi
Boles v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 476 1872 1 Mississippi
Dee House v. State 94 Miss. 107 1908 1 Mississippi
State v. Howard 92 N.C. 772 1885 1 North Carolina
State v. Grady 83 N.C. 643 1880 1 North Carolina
Burnett v. Wilmington, Newbern & Norfolk Railway Co. 120 N.C. 517 1897 1 North Carolina
State v. Hankins 136 N.C. 621 1904 1 North Carolina
Hawley v. Mayor of Fayetteville 82 N.C. 22 1880 1 North Carolina
People v. Shaw 63 N.Y. 36 1875 1 New York
Price Peck v. State 86 Tenn. 259 1888 1 Tennessee
Territory of Washington ex rel. Kelly v. Stewart 1 Wash. 98 1890 1 Washington
United States v. Ellick 25 F. Cas. 999 1823 1 United States
McElroy v. Director of Patuxent Institution 211 Md. 385 1956 1 Maryland