Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
West v. Belches 19 Va. 187 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
West's Adm'r v. Thornton 48 Va. 177 1850 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Westbrook v. State 24 Tex. 563 1859 0 Texas
Westbrook v. Mitchell 24 Tex. 560 1859 0 Texas
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Marital property, partition, defamation Louisiana
Wells v. Treadwell 28 Miss. 717 1855 0 Right of wife to convey slaves Mississippi
Wells v. Ragland 31 Tenn. 501 1852 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Recovery for haboring slaves SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Application of Probate of Will for Married Person Alabama
Wellborn v. Rogers 24 Ga. 558 1858 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Weld v. Peters 1 La. Ann. 432 1846 0 Seizure, property, debts, sales, bonds, partnerships Louisiana
Welch's Heirs v. Welch's Adm'r 14 Ala. 76 1848 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Weingerter v. White 5 La. 487 1850 0 Sales, judicial seizure, fraud, prescription, promissory notes, property Louisiana
Weeks v. Weeks 40 N.C. 111 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wedge v. State 12 Md. 232 1858 0 Maryland
Webster v. Heard 32 Tex. 685 1870 1 Texas