| Case Name | Citation | Year ▲ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerauld v. Trippet | 62 Ind. 122 | 1878 | 1 | Indiana | |
| Cavender v. Waddingham | 5 Mo. App. 457 | 1878 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Picard v. Wade | 30 La. Ann. 623 | 1878 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Goddard v. Brown | 12 R.I. 31 | 1878 | 1 | Rhode Island | |
| Ex parte Pattison | 56 Miss. 161 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Fogg v. Dummer | 58 N.H. 505 | 1878 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Knighton v. Curry | 62 Ala. 404 | 1878 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Davis v. Bowmar | 55 Miss. 671 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Sewell v. Holland | 61 Ga. 608 | 1878 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Merchant v. Preston | 69 Tenn. 280 | 1878 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Missimer v. Ebersole | 87 Pa. 109 | 1878 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Sweeney v. Baker | 13 W. Va. 160 | 1878 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Redd v. Jones | 71 Va. 123 | 1878 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Leightner v. Leightner | 87 Pa. 144 | 1878 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Traube v. State | 56 Miss. 153 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Davis v. Jackson | 14 W. Va. 227 | 1878 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Johnson v. Bemis | 7 Neb. 224 | 1878 | 1 | Nebraska | |
| State v. Erickson | 45 Wis. 86 | 1878 | 1 | Wisconsin | |
| Reinhard, Meyer & Co. v. Baker | 13 W. Va. 805 | 1878 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Myers v. W. G. Lyon & Co. | 51 Vt. 272 | 1878 | 1 | Vermont |