Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Richardson v. Beebee 118 Cal. App. 2d 851 1953 California
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut