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