Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chinn v. Murray 45 Va. 348 1848 0 Suit for partition of estate SC of Appeals VA
Miller v. Jeffress 45 Va. 472 1848 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
McIver v. Cheery 27 Tenn. 713 1848 1 Tennessee
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Dixon v. Watkins 9 Ark. 139 1848 0 Action of trespass against enslaved person Arkansas
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 accessory to theft of goods by slave Georgia
Billups v. Sears 46 Va. 31 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
In re Toney 11 Mo. 661 1848 0 Missouri
Brewer v. Harris 46 Va. 285 1848 0 Illegal detainment SC of Appeals VA
State v. George 30 N.C. 324 1848 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
Oglesby v. Gilmore 5 Ga. 56 1848 0 Promissory Will note Supreme Court of Georgia
Humphries v. McCraw 9 Ark. 91 1848 0 Sale of enslaved person dispute Arkansas
Louisiana State Bank v. Orleans Navigation Co. 3 La. Ann. 294 1848 1 Louisiana
Hicks v. Ayer 5 Ga. 298 1848 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Cole v. Commonwealth 46 Va. 696 1848 0 Criminal charges for advising slaves to escape General Ct. of VA
Gaines v. Briggs 9 Ark. 46 1848 0 Trovery of enslaved persons Arkansas
Wilkins v. Judge 14 Ala. 135 1848 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Executor of Willis v. Shepard 2 Fla. 397 1848 0 Right to Money Arising from the Sale of Slaves in Execution of a Will Supreme Court of FL