Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
O'Reilly v. Cleary 8 Mo. App. 186 1879 1 Missouri
Vinson v. Vinson 4 Ill. App. 138 1879 1 Illinois
State v. Jones 80 N.C. 415 1879 1 North Carolina
Alabama Gold Life Insurance v. Herron 56 Miss. 643 1879 1 Mississippi
Trustees of the University of N. C. v. Gatling 81 N.C. 508 1879 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Outlaw 56 Miss. 541 1879 1 Mississippi
Cotton States Life Insurance v. Lester 62 Ga. 247 1879 1 Georgia
Hunt v. Tibbetts 70 Me. 221 1879 1 Maine
Dixon v. Dixon 81 N.C. 323 1879 1 North Carolina
Richeson v. Crawford 94 Ill. 165 1879 1 Illinois
Paddleford v. State 57 Miss. 118 1879 1 Mississippi
Chouteau v. Allen 70 Mo. 290 1879 1 Missouri
Stephenson v. Miller 57 Miss. 48 1879 1 Mississippi
A. T. Bruce & Co. v. Strickland 81 N.C. 267 1879 1 North Carolina
Gale v. Rector 5 Ill. App. 481 1879 1 Illinois
Littleton's Appeal 93 Pa. 177 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Skinner v. Warren 81 N.C. 373 1879 1 North Carolina
Byrd v. State 57 Miss. 243 1879 1 Mississippi
Kidder v. McIlhenny 81 N.C. 123 1879 1 North Carolina
Surget v. Boyd 57 Miss. 485 1879 1 Mississippi