Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carroll v. Sheehan 12 R.I. 218 1878 1 Rhode Island
Ludington's Petition 5 Abb. N. Cas. 307 1878 1 New York
Scott v. Ludington 14 W. Va. 387 1878 1 West Virginia
Territory of Montana v. Owings 3 Mont. 137 1878 1 Montana
Wells v. Chaffin 60 Ga. 677 1878 1 Georgia
Black v. Smith 13 W. Va. 780 1878 1 West Virginia
Steadwell v. Morris 61 Ga. 97 1878 1 Georgia
Cox v. City of Tuscola 2 Ill. App. 628 1878 1 Illinois
State v. Smalley 50 Vt. 736 1878 1 Vermont
Snider v. Robertson 9 S.C. 213 1878 1 South Carolina
Froneberger v. Lewis 79 N.C. 426 1878 1 North Carolina
Hardenburgh v. Blair 30 N.J. Eq. 42 1878 1 New Jersey
Victor Sewing Machine Co. v. Heller 44 Wis. 265 1878 1 Wisconsin
Todd v. Administrators of Rafferty 30 N.J. Eq. 254 1878 1 New Jersey
Milliken v. Pratt 125 Mass. 374 1878 1 Massachusetts
Patton & Shaver v. Elk River Navigation Co. 13 W. Va. 261 1878 1 West Virginia
Brown v. French 125 Mass. 410 1878 1 Massachusetts
McClure v. Johnson 14 W. Va. 432 1878 1 West Virginia
DeSaussure v. Lyons 9 S.C. 492 1878 1 South Carolina
Lawrence v. Commonwealth 71 Va. 845 1878 1 Virginia