Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clopton v. Carloss 42 Ark. 560 1884 1 Arkansas
Elsemore v. Longfellow 76 Me. 128 1884 1 Maine
Peel v. Bryson 72 Ga. 331 1884 1 Georgia
Lawson v. Funk 108 Ill. 502 1884 1 Illinois
United States v. Anonymous 21 F. 761 1884 1 United States
Swain v. Gilder 61 Miss. 667 1884 1 Mississippi
Wheeler v. Hatheway 54 Mich. 547 1884 1 Michigan
Rhodes v. Commonwealth 78 Va. 692 1884 1 Virginia
Thompson v. Muller Bros. 36 La. Ann. 728 1884 1 Louisiana
Tennessee v. Whitworth 22 F. 75 1884 1 United States
Wells v. Sheerer 78 Ala. 142 1884 1 Alabama
Cox v. State 76 Ala. 66 1884 1 Alabama
Knox v. Knox 59 Wis. 172 1884 1 Wisconsin
Langworthy v. Goodall, McLester & Co. 76 Ala. 325 1884 1 Alabama
Hemphill v. Watson 60 Tex. 679 1884 1 Texas
In re the Accounting of Benson 96 N.Y. 499 1884 1 New York
Hemphill v. Watson 2 Tex. L. R. 600 1884 1 Texas
Hammond v. Lynes 21 Fla. 118 1884 1 Florida
Heiskell v. Powell 23 W. Va. 717 1884 1 West Virginia
Ryan v. Mississippi Valley & Ship Island Railroad 62 Miss. 162 1884 1 Mississippi