Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marshall v. Davies 78 N.Y. 414 1879 1 New York
McCall v. Powell 64 Ala. 254 1879 1 Alabama
Ashworth v. State 63 Ala. 120 1879 1 Alabama
Emerson v. Ross' Executrix 17 Fla. 122 1879 1 Florida
Caldwell v. Blake 69 Me. 458 1879 1 Maine
Alexander v. Wriston 81 N.C. 191 1879 1 North Carolina
O'Connor v. Harris 81 N.C. 279 1879 1 North Carolina
Foote v. Beecher 7 Abb. N. Cas. 358 1879 1 New York
Oliver v. Vance 34 Ark. 564 1879 1 Arkansas
Daniels v. Moses 12 S.C. 130 1879 1 South Carolina
Ford v. Hennessy 70 Mo. 580 1879 1 Missouri
Dodge v. Williams 46 Wis. 70 1879 1 Wisconsin
Wentworth v. Wentworth 69 Me. 247 1879 1 Maine
Hass v. Philadelphia & Southern Mail Steamship Co. 88 Pa. 269 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Dryden v. Swinburn 15 W. Va. 234 1879 1 West Virginia
Sumwalt v. Sumwalt 52 Md. 338 1879 1 Maryland
Shinn v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 899 1879 1 Virginia
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas
Welsh v. Frye 10 Ky. Op. 280 1879 1 Kentucky
H. Newmark & Co. v. Chapman 53 Cal. 557 1879 1 California