Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Moses v. Morris 20 Kan. 208 1878 1 Kansas
Tankard v. Tankard 79 N.C. 54 1878 1 North Carolina
Faler v. McRae 56 Miss. 227 1878 1 Mississippi
W. D. Smith & Co. v. Pipkin 79 N.C. 569 1878 1 North Carolina
New v. Nicole 73 N.Y. 127 1878 1 New York
Turner v. Commonwealth 86 Pa. 54 1878 1 Pennsylvania
Oldham v. Kerchner 79 N.C. 106 1878 1 North Carolina
Ritch v. Morris 78 N.C. 377 1878 1 North Carolina
Bass v. Bass 78 N.C. 374 1878 1 North Carolina
Thompson, Lampkin & Co. v. Tillotson 56 Miss. 36 1878 1 Mississippi
Lehman v. Berdin 15 F. Cas. 251 1878 1 United States
Morris v. Pearson 79 N.C. 253 1878 1 North Carolina
State v. Patterson 78 N.C. 470 1878 1 North Carolina
Bank of Mississippi v. Duncan 56 Miss. 166 1878 1 Mississippi
Hawkins v. Cunningham 67 Mo. 415 1878 1 Missouri
Capen v. Woodrow 51 Vt. 106 1878 1 Vermont
Burnett v. Nicholson 79 N.C. 548 1878 1 North Carolina
Anthony v. Harrison 21 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 198 1878 1 New York
Carson v. Percy 57 Miss. 97 1879 1 Mississippi
Gale v. Rector 5 Ill. App. 481 1879 1 Illinois