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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Burkhartv. Jennings 2 W. Va. 242 1867 0 West Virginia
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Giltner v. Gorham 10 F. Cas. 424 1848 0 United States
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Richardson v. Beebee 118 Cal. App. 2d 851 1953 California
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York