| Case Name | Citation | Year ▲ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Dunham | 49 Tex. 181 | 1878 | 1 | Texas | |
| Withers v. Fuller | 71 Va. 547 | 1878 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Keene v. Van Reuth | 48 Md. 184 | 1878 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Lawrence v. Commonwealth | 71 Va. 845 | 1878 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Shotts v. Poe | 47 Md. 513 | 1878 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Whitehead v. Thompson | 79 N.C. 450 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Jones v. Ashford | 79 N.C. 172 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Conigland v. Smith | 79 N.C. 303 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Helmetag v. Frank | 61 Ala. 67 | 1878 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Bowman v. Kaufman | 30 La. 1021 | 1878 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Norton v. United States | 13 Ct. Cl. 526 | 1878 | 1 | United States | |
| Bass v. Bass | 78 N.C. 374 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Ritch v. Morris | 78 N.C. 377 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Alexander v. Caldwell | 61 Ala. 543 | 1878 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Orrick v. Boehm | 49 Md. 72 | 1878 | 0 | Maryland | |
| Turner v. McFee | 61 Ala. 468 | 1878 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Kelly v. Sandidge | 30 La. 1190 | 1878 | 1 | Louisiana | |
| Wood v. Skinner | 79 N.C. 92 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Bohanan v. Bohanan | 3 Ill. App. 502 | 1878 | 1 | Illinois | |
| Evans v. English | 61 Ala. 416 | 1878 | 1 | Alabama |