Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ashley's Dis. v. Ashley's Adm'r 15 Ala. 15 1848 1 Alabama
Clement v. Reid 17 Miss. 535 1848 1 Mississippi
Nisbet v. Walker 4 Ga. 221 1848 0 Equity action for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Dogget v. Lane 12 Mo. 215 1848 1 Missouri
Powell v. Governor 13 Ala. 516 1848 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Flemings v. Riddick's ex'or 46 Va. 272 1848 1 Virginia
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1192 1848 0 Libel for alleged slave-trade District Court, S.D. New York
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Liddell v. Sims 17 Miss. 596 1848 1 Mississippi
Town of Oxford v. Town of Bethany 19 Conn. 229 1848 1 Connecticut
Portis vs. Hill 3 Tex. 273 1848 1 Texas
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Lewis v. Hall 7 N.J. Eq. 107 1848 1 New Jersey
Withers v. Carter 45 Va. 407 1848 1 Virginia
Bates v. Woolfolk 85 Ga 329 1848 0 Trover acion Supreme Court of Georgia
J. A. Deneufville's adm'r v. Travis's adm'r 46 Va. 28 1848 1 Virginia
Howell v. Howell 40 N.C. 218 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Wynn v. Lee 5 Ga. 217 1848 1 Georgia