Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 2006 1 United States
In re the Estate of Goldstein 46 A.D.2d 449 1975 1 New York
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Conkey v. Tonkens No. 13-06-00347-CV, 2007 WL 2417415, at *4 (Tex. App. Aug. 28, 2007) 2007 1 inheritance Texas
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Rivera v. Nedrich 259 Va. 1 1999 1 promissory note Virginia
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Gilbert v. State 769 S.W.2d 535 1989 1 injury to child Texas
In re Estate of Bartolini 285 Ill. App. 3d 613 1996 1 inheritance Illinois
Ekman v. Vallery 169 So. 521 1936 1 Louisiana
Culver v. Boozer No. CIV.A. CCB-02-3071, 2002 WL 32325678, at *3 n.3 (D. Md. Nov. 18, 2002) 2002 1 contracts Maryland
Hollie v. State 174 So. 3d 824 2015 1 civ pro Mississippi
State v. Santamaria 157 A.3d 409, 411 (N.H. 2017) 2017 1 English common law; writ of coram nobis for new trial New Hampshire