Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Roper 88 N.C. 656 1883 1 North Carolina
Woodberry v. Matherson 19 Fla. 778 1883 1 Florida
Franks v. Chapman 60 Tex. 46 1883 1 Texas
Upstone v. People 109 Ill. 169 1883 1 Illinois
Reed v. State 2 Tex. L. R. 466 1883 1 Texas
Jarnigan v. Jarnigan 80 Tenn. 292 1883 1 Tennessee
Willis v. Moore 59 Tex. 628 1883 1 Texas
Garbut v. Bowling 81 Mo. 214 1883 1 Missouri
Louisville, Nashville & Great Southern Railroad v. Guinan 79 Tenn. 98 1883 1 Tennessee
Thelin v. Dorsey 59 Md. 539 1883 1 Maryland
Grinnan v. Edwards 21 W. Va. 347 1883 1 West Virginia
Scott v. Lauman 104 Pa. 593 1883 1 Pennsylvania
Board of Commissioners v. Lawrence 29 Kan. 158 1883 1 Kansas
Lynn v. Lowe 88 N.C. 478 1883 1 North Carolina
McNally v. Haynes 59 Tex. 583 1883 1 Texas
People v. Gibbs 93 N.Y. 470 1883 1 New York
Garza v. Baker 58 Tex. 483 1883 1 Texas
Sherley v. Sherley’s ex’r 81 Ky. 240 1883 1 Kentucky
Girault v. Adams 61 Md. 1 1883 1 Maryland
City of New Orleans v. New Orleans Sugar Shed Co. 35 La. Ann. 548 1883 1 Louisiana