Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Leak 80 N.C. 403 1879 1 North Carolina
Green v. Green 30 N.J. Eq. 451 1879 1 New Jersey
Jewett v. Dringer 31 N.J. Eq. 586 1879 1 New Jersey
Porter v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad 71 Mo. 66 1879 1 Missouri
Allen v. Pannell ex rel. Noland 51 Tex. 165 1879 1 Texas
Union National Bank v. Hunt 7 Mo. App. 42 1879 1 Missouri
Capehart v. Stewart 80 N.C. 101 1879 1 North Carolina
Harrison v. Annapolis & Elk Ridge Railroad 50 Md. 490 1879 1 Maryland
State v. Nugent 71 Mo. 136 1879 1 Missouri
O'Connor v. Harris 81 N.C. 279 1879 1 North Carolina
Embry v. Hoge 3 Shan. Cas. 101 1879 1 Tennessee
Cleveland v. Chambliss 64 Ga. 352 1879 1 Georgia
Gale v. Rector 5 Ill. App. 481 1879 1 Illinois
State v. Chavis 80 N.C. 353 1879 1 North Carolina
Mebane v. Mebane 80 N.C. 34 1879 1 North Carolina
State v. Reel 80 N.C. 442 1879 1 North Carolina
Bales v. State 63 Ala. 30 1879 1 Alabama
Howell v. Cronan 31 La. 247 1879 1 Louisiana
Hume v. Hendrickson 79 N.Y. 117 1879 1 New York
McEwen v. Bamberger 71 Tenn. 576 1879 1 Tennessee