Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weatherhead v. Sewell 28 Tenn. 272 1848 0 Tennessee
Watson v. Anderson 13 Ala. 202 1848 1 Alabama
King v. Armstrong 14 Ala. 293 1848 1 Alabama
Townshend v. Townshend 7 Gill 10 1848 0 Maryland
Ferguson v. Collins 8 Ark. 241 1848 0 Writ of error Arkansas
Hopkins v. Burney 2 Fla. 42 1848 0 Recovery of a Slave after a Verdict to Return Supreme Court of FL
Morris' adm'r v. Morris' adm'r 45 Va. 293 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Childress v. Fowler 9 Ark. 159 1848 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Broward v. Doggett 2 Fla. 49 1848 0 Dispute over the Wages of Slaves for Hire Supreme Court of FL
Heth v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. 45 Va. 482 1848 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
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