Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Swan v. State 48 Tex. 120 1877 1 Texas
Zane v. Sawtell 11 W. Va. 43 1877 1 West Virginia
State v. Brown 76 N.C. 222 1877 1 North Carolina
Ware v. Ware's Adm'r 69 Va. 670 1877 1 Virginia
Edwards v. Ervin 2 Shan. Cas. 510 1877 1 Tennessee
Capehart's Ex'r v. Dowery 10 W. Va. 130 1877 1 West Virginia
Wyatt v. Thompson 10 W. Va. 645 1877 1 West Virginia
Hyman, Moses & Co. v. Smith 10 W. Va. 298 1877 1 West Virginia
Moorman v. Smoot 69 Va. 80 1877 1 Virginia
McMullen v. Neal's Adm'r 60 Ala. 552 1877 1 Alabama
Rice v. Steger 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 328 1877 1 Tennessee
Hart v. Williams 77 N.C. 426 1877 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Scholtz 68 N.Y. 41 1877 1 New York
Roberts v. Moseley 64 Mo. 507 1877 1 Missouri
Carter v. McArtor 69 Va. 356 1877 1 Virginia
Bailey v. Mundin 58 Ala. 104 1877 1 Alabama
Gutterson v. Morse 58 N.H. 165 1877 1 New Hampshire
Crawford v. Shover 70 Va. 69 1877 1 Virginia
Hutton v. Williams 60 Ala. 133 1877 1 Alabama
Reeves v. Pulliam 68 Tenn. 153 1877 1 Tennessee