Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shinn v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 899 1879 1 Virginia
Mercer’s Adm’r v. Mackin 77 Ky. 434 1879 1 Kentucky
Stearns v. Beckam 72 Va. 379 1879 1 Virginia
Carlisle v. Brennan 67 Ind. 12 1879 1 Indiana
Paxton v. Rucker 15 W. Va. 547 1879 1 West Virginia
Ragsdale v. Gossett 70 Tenn. 729 1879 1 Tennessee
Woodman v. United States 15 Ct. Cl. 541 1879 1 United States
Carew v. Matthews 41 Mich. 576 1879 1 Michigan
Klauber v. Biggerstaff 47 Wis. 551 1879 1 Wisconsin
Radford v. Carwile 13 W. Va. 572 1879 1 West Virginia
Dryden v. Swinburn 15 W. Va. 234 1879 1 West Virginia
Markells v. Markells 73 Va. 544 1879 1 Virginia
Welsh v. Frye 10 Ky. Op. 280 1879 1 Kentucky
Irwin v. Zane 15 W. Va. 646 1879 1 West Virginia
City of Portsmouth v. Norfolk County 72 Va. 727 1879 1 Virginia
Fisher v. Lewis 69 Mo. 629 1879 1 Missouri
Piercy v. Beckett 15 W. Va. 444 1879 1 West Virginia
Graves v. Coutant 31 N.J. Eq. 763 1879 1 New Jersey
Adkins v. Columbia Life Insurance Co. 70 Mo. 27 1879 1 Missouri
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas