Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maillet v. People 42 Mich. 262 1879 1 Michigan
Cooley v. Perrine 41 N.J.L. 322 1879 1 New Jersey
Edey v. Fath 4 Ill. App. 275 1879 1 Illinois
Pfeiffer v. Knapp 17 Fla. 144 1879 1 Florida
Belew v. Jones 56 Miss. 342 1879 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Cronan 31 La. 247 1879 1 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Avery 77 Ky. 625 1879 1 Kentucky
Gallaher v. State 17 Fla. 370 1879 1 Florida
Smith v. McKitterick 51 Iowa 548 1879 1 Iowa
Melvin v. Melvin 58 N.H. 569 1879 1 New Hampshire
Pickett v. Pipkin 64 Ala. 520 1879 1 Alabama
Allen v. Pannell ex rel. Noland 51 Tex. 165 1879 1 Texas
Merritt v. Scott 81 N.C. 385 1879 1 North Carolina
Porter v. State 71 Tenn. 496 1879 1 Tennessee
Collett v. Henderson 80 N.C. 337 1879 1 North Carolina
Caruthers v. McLaran 56 Miss. 371 1879 1 Mississippi
Bejarano v. State 6 Tex. Ct. App. 265 1879 1 Texas
Martin v. Cullen 30 N.J. Eq. 426 1879 1 New Jersey
Wooten v. Bellinger 17 Fla. 289 1879 1 Florida
United States v. Salentine 27 F. Cas. 927 1879 1 United States