Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gutterson v. Morse 58 N.H. 165 1877 1 New Hampshire
McFarland v. Douglass 11 W. Va. 637 1877 1 West Virginia
Ware v. Ware's Adm'r 69 Va. 670 1877 1 Virginia
Gillespie v. Bailey 12 W. Va. 70 1877 1 West Virginia
Sanders v. State 2 Shan. Cas. 606 1877 1 Tennessee
Markham v. Townsend 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 713 1877 1 Tennessee
Rowan v. Riley 2 Shan. Cas. 378 1877 1 Tennessee
State v. Laxton 76 N.C. 216 1877 1 North Carolina
Moorman v. Smoot 69 Va. 80 1877 1 Virginia
Bailey v. State 58 Ala. 414 1877 1 Alabama
State v. Campbell 76 N.C. 261 1877 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Henderson 76 N.C. 227 1877 1 North Carolina
Silvey v. Hodgdon 52 Cal. 363 1877 1 California
Ryerson v. Chapman 66 Me. 557 1877 1 Maine
Ogle v. Adams 12 W. Va. 213 1877 1 West Virginia
Hays v. Cornelius 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 461 1877 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Scholtz 68 N.Y. 41 1877 1 New York
Hall v. Hall 12 W. Va. 1 1877 1 West Virginia
Braswell v. State 2 Shan. Cas. 595 1877 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Cresswell 60 Ala. 378 1877 1 Alabama