Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Knapp 26 Mass. 496 1830 1 Massachusetts
State v. Potter 18 Conn. 166 1846 1 Connecticut
Faul v. Hulick 18 App. D.C. 9 1901 1 District of Columbia
Shular v. State 105 Ind. 289 1886 1 Indiana
Brockway v. Petted 79 Mich. 620 1890 1 Michigan
Ashton v. Detroit City Railway Co. 78 Mich. 587 1889 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Gallivan v. Bradley 194 Mo. 166 1906 1 Missouri
Fellrath v. Gilder 1 White & W. 599 1881 1 Texas
G. H. & S. A. R’y Co. v. Marsden 1 White & W. 560 1881 1 Texas
Holland v. Seward 1 White & W. 530 1880 1 Texas
People v. Fredericks 106 Cal. 554 1895 1 California
Young Men’s Christian Ass'n v. Murphy 193 Wash. 400 1938 1 Washington
Bull v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 613 1857 1 Virginia
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Save the Bay, Inc. v. United States Army 639 F.2d 1100 1981 1 United States
Sam v. State 21 Miss. 189 1849 1 Mississippi
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
Rigsbee v. Rigsbee 215 N.C. 757 1939 1 North Carolina
Brown v. State 18 Ohio St. 497 1869 1 Ohio