Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lumpkin v. Mills 4 Ga. 343 1848 1 Georgia
Powell v. Williams 14 Ala. 476 1848 1 Alabama
McKim v. Handy 4 Md. Ch. 228 1848 1 Maryland
Copley v. Dosson 3 La. Ann. 651 1848 1 Louisiana
Hone v. Van Schaick 3 Barb. Ch. 488 1848 1 New York
Gardner v. Lewis 7 Gill 377 1848 1 Maryland
Childress v. Fowler 9 Ark. 159 1848 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas
Hicks v. Ayer 5 Ga. 298 1848 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Oglesby v. Gilmore 5 Ga. 56 1848 0 Promissory Will note Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. George 30 N.C. 324 1848 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
In re Toney 11 Mo. 661 1848 0 Missouri
Roberts ex rel. Trustees of the Bank of the United States v. Stark 3 La. Ann. 71 1848 1 Louisiana
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Burnett’s Adm’r 12 Ala. 743 1848 1 Alabama
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Beebe v. De Baun 8 Ark. 510 1848 0 Action for false imprisonment Arkansas
Bently v. Cummins 8 Ark. 490 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Belfour v. Raney 8 Ark. 479 1848 0 Will & trsut Arkansas