Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McGehee v. Walke 15 Ala. 183 1849 1 Alabama
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Petition for freedom since granted a term not "for life" Delaware
Herndon v. Givens 16 Ala. 261 1849 1 Alabama
Nance v. Coxe 16 Ala. 125 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
John v. Jones 16 Ala. 454 1849 1 Alabama
Chenault v. Walker 15 Ala. 605 1849 0 Sheriff's Writ of Execution for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Saunders v. Coffin 16 Ala. 421 1849 1 Alabama
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
McLaughlin v. Shields 12 Pa. 283 1849 1 Pennsylvania
Tharp v. State 15 Ala. 749 1849 1 Alabama
Norris v. State 16 Ala. 776 1849 1 Alabama
Potts v. House 6 Ga. 324 1849 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Purchaser of Enslaved Person property disptue Alabama
Drayton v. United States 7 F. Cas. 1063 1849 0 Jury/ Evidence/ Larceny United States
State v. Chambers 2 Greene 308 1849 1 Iowa
Crow v. Boyd's Administrators 17 Ala. 51 1849 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Nuckols v. Mahone 15 Ala. 212 1849 1 Alabama
Roberts v. Albright 2 Greene 120 1849 1 Iowa
Union Bank v. Parkhill's Administrators 2 Fla. 660 1849 0 Dispute over the Bank Possessing Slaves as Mortgages Supreme Court of FL