Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe on demise of Williams v. Harrington 33 N.C. 616 1850 1 North Carolina
United States v. Heirs of Boisdoré 49 U.S. 113 1850 1 United States
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Whether proof that an enslaved man was owned by a person was enough to uphold capital conviction Mississippi
Marston v. Marston 21 N.H. 491 1850 1 New Hampshire
Tarver v. Comm'rs' Ct. 17 Ala. 527 1850 1 Alabama
Floyd v. Ricks 11 Ark. 451 1850 1 Arkansas
Ewing v. Thompson 13 Mo. 132 1850 1 Missouri
Sparks v. Rawls 17 Ala. 211 1850 1 Alabama
McClellan v. Young 17 Ala. 498 1850 1 Alabama
Calvert v. Marlow 18 Ala. 67 1850 1 Alabama
Brown v. Lyon 17 Ala. 659 1850 1 Alabama
Brooks v. Governor 17 Ala. 806 1850 1 Alabama
Hair v. Grigsby 18 Ala. 45 1850 1 Alabama
Smith v. Mundy 18 Ala. 182 1850 1 Alabama
Gayle v. Bancroft 17 Ala. 351 1850 1 Alabama
Andress v. Roberts 18 Ala. 387 1850 1 Alabama
Townsend & Bros. v. Harwell 18 Ala. 301 1850 1 Alabama
Sykes v. Lewis 17 Ala. 261 1850 1 Alabama
Irish v. Cutter 31 Me. 536 1850 1 Maine
Herndon v. Givens 16 Ala. 261 1849 1 Alabama