Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Doolittle v. Lyman 44 N.H. 608 1860 1 New Hampshire
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia
O'Neil v. Cleveland 30 N.J. Eq. 273 1878 1 New Jersey
People v. Ashe 44 Cal. 288 1872 1 California
People v. Petrea 1 N.Y. Crim. 198 1882 1 New York
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Richardson v. Beebee 118 Cal. App. 2d 851 1953 California
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Hines v. State 93 Ga. 187 1893 1 Georgia
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 92 1827 0 Replevin United States
Dunn v. Sanders 243 Ga. 684 1979 1 Georgia
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Purchaser of Enslaved Person property disptue Alabama
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States
Brent v. Armfield 4 F. Cas. 60 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N. 1 G. & J. 270 1829 0 Maryland