Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ledgerwood v. Gault 70 Tenn. 643 1879 1 Tennessee
State v. Elder 65 Ind. 282 1879 1 Indiana
Capehart v. Stewart 80 N.C. 101 1879 1 North Carolina
Haynes v. Rudd 24 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 477 1879 1 New York
Wragg v. Penn Township 94 Ill. 11 1879 1 Illinois
Jewett v. Dringer 31 N.J. Eq. 586 1879 1 New Jersey
State v. Reel 80 N.C. 442 1879 1 North Carolina
Whitman v. J. P. Willis & Bro. 51 Tex. 421 1879 1 Texas
State v. Chavis 80 N.C. 353 1879 1 North Carolina
Freeman v. Cunningham 57 Miss. 67 1879 1 Mississippi
Gordon v. English 71 Tenn. 634 1879 1 Tennessee
Stevens v. Brennan 79 N.Y. 254 1879 1 New York
Ezell v. Wright 71 Tenn. 512 1879 1 Tennessee
Schmidt v. Wambacker 62 Ga. 321 1879 1 Georgia
Witt, Murphy & Co. v. Repey, Hardee & Co. 2 Posey 654 1879 1 Texas
Cavanah v. State 56 Miss. 299 1879 1 Mississippi
Stockard v. Granberry 71 Tenn. 668 1879 1 Tennessee
Embry v. Hoge 3 Shan. Cas. 101 1879 1 Tennessee
Harris v. State 71 Tenn. 324 1879 1 Tennessee
Davis v. Lumpkin 57 Miss. 506 1879 1 Mississippi