Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leach v. French 69 Me. 389 1879 1 Maine
Pulliam v. Pulliam 10 F. 23 1879 1 United States
Stewart v. Stewart 31 N.J. Eq. 398 1879 1 New Jersey
Clark v. Manning 4 Ill. App. 649 1879 1 Illinois
Blue v. Christ 4 Ill. App. 351 1879 1 Illinois
Russell v. Switzer 63 Ga. 711 1879 1 Georgia
Brown v. Lord 7 Or. 302 1879 1 Oregon
Reiff v. Horst 52 Md. 255 1879 1 Maryland
Culbertson v. Smith 52 Md. 628 1879 1 Maryland
Ayer v. Messer 59 N.H. 279 1879 1 New Hampshire
Merryman v. Long 49 Md. 540 1879 1 Maryland
Sisson ex rel. Morrison v. Mayor of Baltimore 51 Md. 83 1879 1 Maryland
Aultman & Taylor Co. v. Webber 4 Ill. App. 427 1879 1 Illinois
Hillebrands v. Nibbelink 40 Mich. 646 1879 1 Michigan
Ryan v. Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern Railway Co. 21 Kan. 365 1879 1 Kansas
Benson & Co. v. Lundy 52 Iowa 265 1879 1 Iowa
Mandeville v. Parker 31 N.J. Eq. 242 1879 1 New Jersey
Railroad Co. v. Collector 100 U.S. 595 1879 1 United States
Hodgkin v. Holland 34 Ark. 203 1879 1 Arkansas
Mills v. Rodewald 24 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 297 1879 1 New York