Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dees v. Seale 5 La. 688 1850 0 Sales, partition, marital property Louisiana
Turnage v. Turnage 42 N.C. 127 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tarkinton v. Latham 33 N.C. 596 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Kit v. State 30 Tenn. 167 1850 0 Tennessee
Hicks v. Forrest 41 N.C. 528 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Smith v. Wiseman 41 N.C. 540 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thomas v. Degraffenreid 17 Ala. 602 1850 0 Right of Property Alabama
Deadrick v. Armour 10 Hum. 588 1850 0 Tennessee
Nesbitt v. Drew 17 Ala. 379 1850 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Galt v. Jackson 9 Ga. 151 1850 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Osborne v. Horner 33 N.C. 359 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Arbuckle v. Bouny 5 La. 699 1850 0 Sales, freedom suit, damages Louisiana
Felder v. Davis 17 Ala. 418 1850 0 Will & trust Alabama
Scott v. Featherston 5 La. 306 1850 0 Suretyship, property, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, privileges, subrogation Louisiana
Alfred v. State 6 Ga. 483 1849 0 Slave charged with capital offense Supreme Court of Georgia
Call v. Ellis 32 N.C. 250 1849 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Williams v. Wilson 32 N.C. 482 1849 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Forkner v. Stuart 47 Va. 197 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Fletcher v. Ashley 47 Va. 332 1849 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA