Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thornton v. Thornton 63 N.C. 211 1869 1 North Carolina
Goodrich v. Leland 18 Mich. 110 1869 1 Michigan
Branson v. Hill 31 Md. 181 1869 1 Maryland
Redd v. Hargroves 40 Ga. 18 1869 1 Georgia
Morrow v. Slaughter 68 Ky. 330 1869 1 Kentucky
Murphy v. Wilson 44 Mo. 313 1869 1 Missouri
Fonda v. Jones 42 Miss. 792 1869 1 Mississippi
New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Statham 42 Miss. 607 1869 1 Mississippi
People ex rel. Barbour v. Gates 57 Barb. 291 1869 1 New York
Heath ex rel. Heath v. Stevens 48 N.H. 251 1869 1 New Hampshire
Commonwealth v. Dorsey 103 Mass. 412 1869 1 Massachusetts
Duer v. Thweatt 39 Ga. 578 1869 1 Georgia
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company's Appeal 62 Pa. 218 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Hogan v. Hogan 63 N.C. 222 1869 1 North Carolina
Hardeman v. Downer 39 Ga. 425 1869 1 Georgia
Loew v. Stocker 61 Pa. 347 1869 1 Pennsylvania
Lafferty v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad 44 Mo. 291 1869 1 Missouri
Nelson v. Brodhack 44 Mo. 596 1869 1 Missouri
Bibb v. Pope 43 Ala. 190 1869 1 Alabama
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Burson 61 Pa. 369 1869 1 Pennsylvania