Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Faler v. McRae 56 Miss. 227 1878 1 Mississippi
Jones v. Ashford 79 N.C. 172 1878 1 North Carolina
Felton v. Bissel 25 Minn. 15 1878 1 Minnesota
Stricklin v. Cooper 55 Miss. 624 1878 1 Mississippi
Brand v. Sorrells 61 Ga. 162 1878 1 Georgia
Pearson v. Forsyth 61 Ga. 537 1878 1 Georgia
Wooldridge v. Page 68 Tenn. 325 1878 1 Tennessee
Woolridge v. Page 69 Tenn. 135 1878 1 Tennessee
Henry v. Mills 69 Tenn. 144 1878 1 Tennessee
People's Bank v. Mitchell 73 N.Y. 406 1878 1 New York
Crozier v. Goodwin 69 Tenn. 125 1878 1 Tennessee
Railroad v. Henderson 69 Tenn. 3 1878 1 Tennessee
Bibb v. Bishop Cobbs Orphan Home 61 Ala. 326 1878 1 Alabama
Bean v. Chapman 62 Ala. 58 1878 1 Alabama
Shea v. Mabry 69 Tenn. 319 1878 1 Tennessee
Young v. Fugett & Smalling 69 Tenn. 447 1878 1 Tennessee
Hitchins v. Pettingill 58 N.H. 386 1878 1 New Hampshire
Molton v. Henderson 62 Ala. 426 1878 1 Alabama
State v. Caveness 78 N.C. 484 1878 1 North Carolina
Barnes v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 3 Shan. Cas. 15 1878 1 Tennessee