Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Middleton v. Selby 19 W. Va. 167 1881 1 West Virginia
Power v. Davis 10 D.C. 153 1881 1 District of Columbia
Klenke v. Koeltze 75 Mo. 239 1881 1 Missouri
Harris v. Phelps 2 Miss. Dec. 173 1881 1 Mississippi
Scott v. Patchin 54 Vt. 253 1881 1 Vermont
Brewis v. Lawson 76 Va. 36 1881 1 Virginia
Hope v. People 83 N.Y. 418 1881 1 New York
Rodney D. Wells & Co. v. Wooten 2 Miss. Dec. 41 1881 1 Mississippi
Hall v. Dotson 55 Tex. 520 1881 1 Texas
In re the last will of Eddy 33 N.J. Eq. 574 1881 1 New Jersey
Pennybacker v. Switzer 75 Va. 671 1881 1 Virginia
State v. Gathers 15 S.C. 370 1881 1 South Carolina
People v. Greenfield 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 454 1881 1 New York
Merrick v. Merrick 37 Ohio St. 126 1881 1 Ohio
Burgett v. Paxton 99 Ill. 288 1881 1 Illinois
Ellen v. Ellen 16 S.C. 132 1881 1 South Carolina
Chapman v. Pittsburgh & Steubenville Railroad 18 W. Va. 184 1881 1 West Virginia
Gatewood v. Gatewood 75 Va. 407 1881 1 Virginia
Dashing v. State 78 Ind. 357 1881 1 Indiana
Ferdon v. Miller 34 N.J. Eq. 10 1881 1 New Jersey