Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Meador v. Sorsby 2 Ala. 712 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
McCord v. Love 3 Ala. 107 1841 0 Recovery for services of enslaved persons Alabama
Durett v. Sewall 2 Ala. 669 1841 0 Gift of property dispute Alabama
Land's Administrator v. Lacoste 6 Miss. 471 1841 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Watt's Ex'rs. v. Sheppard 2 Ala. 425 1841 0 Property dispute Alabama
Dougherty v. Curle 21 Tenn. 453 1841 0 Tennessee
Haywood's Heirs v. Moore 21 Tenn. 584 1841 0 Tennessee
Myers v. Peek's Administrator 2 Ala. 648 1841 0 Trover Alabama
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Bowie v. Minter 2 Ala. 406 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Merrill v. Jones 2 Ala. 192 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Head v. Beaty 6 Miss. 480 1841 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Gould v. Womack 2 Ala. 83 1841 0 Will & trust Alabama
Desha v. Baker 3 Ark. 509 1841 0 Writ of attachment Arkansas
Porter v. Clements 3 Ark. 364 1841 0 Liability dispute Arkansas