Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Abercrombie v. Bradford 16 Ala. 560 1849 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
O'Conner v. Youngblood 16 Ala. 718 1849 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Robinson v. King 6 Ga. 539 1849 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Potts v. House 6 Ga. 324 1849 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Petition for freedom since granted a term not "for life" Delaware
Carlisle v. Hill 16 Ala. 398 1849 0 Indemnity of property Alabama
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Pendleton v. Prestridge 20 Miss. 302 1849 1 Mississippi
Strain v. Wright 7 Ga. 568 1849 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Cook v. Clippard 12 Mo. 379 1849 1 Missouri
Spence v. Bagwell 47 Va. 444 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Dowd 19 Conn. 388 1849 1 Connecticut
Sibley v. Maria 2 Fla. 553 1849 0 Dispute over Directing an Estate on Conditions Supreme Court of FL
Robinett v. Wilson 8 Gill 179 1849 0 Maryland
Hughey v. Barrow 4 La. Ann. 248 1849 1 Louisiana
Hopper v. Ashley 15 Ala. 457 1849 1 Alabama
Peatross v. M'Laughlin 47 Va. 64 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1193 1849 0 Libel for alleged slave-trade District Court, S.D. New York
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois