Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peterson v. Sentman 37 Md. 140 1872 1 Maryland
Mayor of Hagerstown v. Sehner 37 Md. 180 1872 1 Maryland
Straus v. Young 36 Md. 246 1872 1 Maryland
Perry v. Chester 12 Abb. Pr. 131 1872 1 New York
Bryant v. State 66 Tenn. 67 1872 1 Tennessee
Pitcher v. Hennessey 48 N.Y. 415 1872 1 New York
St. Luke's Home for Indigent Christian Females v. Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females 34 N.Y. Super. Ct. 241 1872 1 New York
Flint & Fentonville Plank-road Co. v. Woodhull 25 Mich. 99 1872 1 Michigan
Soper v. Guernsey 71 Pa. 219 1872 1 Pennsylvania
Lambeth v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 532 1872 1 Mississippi
Slack v. Bird 23 N.J. Eq. 238 1872 1 New Jersey
J. B. Campbell's Ex'ors v. A. C. Campbell's Ex'or 63 Va. 649 1872 1 Virginia
James v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1741 1872 1 Mississippi
Dick v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 811 1872 1 Mississippi
Tillotson v. Wolcott 48 N.Y. 188 1872 1 New York
Hill v. Alford 46 Ga. 247 1872 1 Georgia
Boles v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 476 1872 1 Mississippi
Cromwell v. Craft 47 Miss. 44 1872 1 Mississippi
Oelrichs v. Spain 82 U.S. 211 1872 1 United States
Ashton v. Ashton 35 Md. 496 1872 1 Maryland