Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Elliott v. George 64 Va. 780 1872 1 Virginia
People ex rel. Tennant v. Parker 3 Neb. 409 1872 1 Nebraska
Bovard v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 818 1872 1 Mississippi
Jordan v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 928 1872 1 Mississippi
State v. Hennessey 23 Ohio St. 339 1872 1 Ohio
Allison v. Louisville, Harrod’s Creek & Westport Railway Co. 72 Ky. 247 1872 1 Kentucky
Donnally v. Parker 5 W. Va. 301 1872 1 West Virginia
Inman’s Administrator v. Gibbs 47 Ala. 305 1872 0 Alabama
Hartman v. Campbell 5 W. Va. 394 1872 1 West Virginia
Andrews v. Andrews 54 Tenn. 234 1872 0 Tennessee
Myers’ Ex’or v. Zetelle 62 Va. 733 1872 1 Virginia
Dwight v. Overton 35 Tex. 390 1872 1 Texas
Griffith v. Bird 63 Va. 73 1872 1 Virginia
Hilb v. Peyton 63 Va. 550 1872 1 Virginia
Elmore v. Ventress 24 La. Ann. 382 1872 0 Louisiana
Douglas v. Neil 54 Tenn. 437 1872 1 Tennessee
Burleigh v. Clough 52 N.H. 267 1872 1 New Hampshire
Collins v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad 56 Tenn. 841 1872 1 Tennessee
Bryant v. Whitcher 52 N.H. 158 1872 1 New Hampshire
Strawhern v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1338 1872 1 Mississippi