| Case Name | Citation | Year ▲ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrd v. Turpin | 62 Ga. 591 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Steele v. Steele’s Adm’r | 64 Ala. 438 | 1879 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Douglass v. Murray | 63 Ga. 369 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Melvin v. Melvin | 58 N.H. 569 | 1879 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Miller v. McGlaun | 63 Ga. 435 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Foote v. Beecher | 7 Abb. N. Cas. 358 | 1879 | 1 | New York | |
| Alston v. State | 63 Ala. 178 | 1879 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Pierson v. People | 25 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 239 | 1879 | 1 | New York | |
| Railroad Co. v. Collector | 100 U.S. 595 | 1879 | 1 | United States | |
| Haley v. State | 63 Ala. 83 | 1879 | 1 | Alabama | |
| State v. Allen | 46 Conn. 531 | 1879 | 1 | Connecticut | |
| Grant v. Cropsey | 8 Neb. 205 | 1879 | 1 | Nebraska | |
| Phipps v. Mansfield | 62 Ga. 209 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Newton v. Nutt | 58 N.H. 599 | 1879 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Scales v. Shackleford | 64 Ga. 170 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Wall v. Jones | 62 Ga. 725 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Caldwell v. Blake | 69 Me. 458 | 1879 | 1 | Maine | |
| Flanegan v. State | 64 Ga. 52 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Wike v. Campbell | 5 Colo. 126 | 1879 | 1 | Colorado | |
| Osgood v. State | 63 Ga. 791 | 1879 | 1 | Georgia |