Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Chavis 80 N.C. 353 1879 1 North Carolina
Edey v. Fath 4 Ill. App. 275 1879 1 Illinois
Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Hudson 62 Ga. 679 1879 1 Georgia
Forrester v. State 63 Ga. 349 1879 1 Georgia
Newton v. Nutt 58 N.H. 599 1879 1 New Hampshire
Gillespie v. Schuman 62 Ga. 252 1879 1 Georgia
Osgood v. State 63 Ga. 791 1879 1 Georgia
Flanegan v. State 64 Ga. 52 1879 1 Georgia
Pickett v. Pipkin 64 Ala. 520 1879 1 Alabama
Mack v. State 63 Ga. 693 1879 1 Georgia
State v. Reel 80 N.C. 442 1879 1 North Carolina
Anderson v. State 63 Ga. 675 1879 1 Georgia
Byrd v. Turpin 62 Ga. 591 1879 1 Georgia
Cooley v. Perrine 41 N.J.L. 322 1879 1 New Jersey
Caruthers v. McLaran 56 Miss. 371 1879 1 Mississippi
M. Lowenburg & Co. v. Jones 56 Miss. 688 1879 1 Mississippi
Smith v. McKitterick 51 Iowa 548 1879 1 Iowa
Melvin v. Melvin 58 N.H. 569 1879 1 New Hampshire
Humphreys v. State 17 Fla. 381 1879 1 Florida
Morton v. Sims 64 Ga. 298 1879 1 Georgia