Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bays v. State 6 Neb. 167 1877 1 Nebraska
Pumphrey v. Mayor of Baltimore 47 Md. 145 1877 1 Maryland
Provost of Royal Burgh v. Abercrombie 46 Md. 172 1877 1 Maryland
Hirsch v. Trainer 3 Abb. N. Cas. 274 1877 1 New York
Price v. Hobbs 47 Md. 359 1877 1 Maryland
Brown v. Thomas 46 Md. 636 1877 1 Maryland
Martin v. Martin 52 Cal. 235 1877 1 California
Farrington v. Tennessee 95 U.S. 679 1877 1 United States
Vary v. Shea 36 Mich. 388 1877 1 Michigan
Wilson v. People 3 Colo. 325 1877 1 Colorado
Womack v. Circle 70 Va. 192 1877 1 Virginia
Roman v. State 41 Wis. 312 1877 1 Wisconsin
Erwin v. United States 13 Ct. Cl. 49 1877 1 United States
Gillett v. Needham 37 Mich. 143 1877 1 Michigan
Busey ex rel. Hilleary v. Tuck 47 Md. 171 1877 1 Maryland
Gay v. State 3 Tex. Ct. App. 168 1877 1 Texas
Surber's Adm'r v. McClintic 10 W. Va. 236 1877 1 West Virginia
Thomas v. Harkness 76 Ky. 23 1877 1 Kentucky
Bernstein v. Humes 60 Ala. 582 1877 1 Alabama
Roberts' Adm'or v. Cocke, &c. 69 Va. 207 1877 1 Virginia