Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burbridge v. Higgins' adm'r 47 Va. 119 1849 1 Virginia
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Tucker v. Rector, Churchwardens, & Vestrymen of St. Clement’s Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 242 1849 1 New York
Sam v. State 21 Miss. 189 1849 1 Mississippi
Justices of the Inferior Court ex rel. Selman v. Selman 6 Ga. 432 1849 1 Georgia
Hudgin v. Hudgin's ex'or 47 Va. 320 1849 1 Virginia
Glover v. Glover 16 Ala. 440 1849 1 Alabama
Van Derveer v. Wright 6 Barb. 547 1849 1 New York
Vathir v. Zane 47 Va. 246 1849 1 Virginia
Patton v. Taylor 48 U.S. 132 1849 1 United States
Robinson v. State 12 Mo. 592 1849 1 Missouri
Clement v. Reid 17 Miss. 535 1848 1 Mississippi
Town of Oxford v. Town of Bethany 19 Conn. 229 1848 1 Connecticut
West v. His Creditors 3 La. Ann. 529 1848 1 Louisiana
Howe & Wallace v. Waysman 12 Mo. 169 1848 1 Missouri
Dogget v. Lane 12 Mo. 215 1848 1 Missouri
Scott v. Duke 3 La. Ann. 253 1848 1 Louisiana
Den on demise of Morisey v. Hill 31 N.C. 66 1848 1 North Carolina
Warren v. Ireland 29 Me. 62 1848 1 Maine
Portis vs. Hill 3 Tex. 273 1848 1 Texas