Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Curtis v. Jones 1 How. App. Cas. 137 1847 1 New York
Broughton v. King 2 La. Ann. 569 1847 1 Louisiana
West v. Stewart 7 Pa. 122 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Johnson v. Collins 12 Ala. 322 1847 1 Alabama
Dargan v. Waring 11 Ala. 988 1847 1 Alabama
Reynolds v. State 3 Ga. 53 1847 0 Convicton for voluntary manslaughter Supreme Court of Georgia
Carden v. Spilman 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 25 1847 1 Tennessee
Savage v. Benham 11 Ala. 49 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama
Board of Police v. Grant 17 Miss. 77 1847 1 Mississippi
Forgay v. Lambeth 2 La. Ann. 589 1847 1 Louisiana
Strange v. Watson 11 Ala. 324 1847 1 Alabama
Heirs of McVoy v. Hallett 11 Ala. 864 1847 1 Alabama
Eldridge v. Turner 11 Ala. 1049 1847 1 Alabama
Heirs of Holman v. Bank of Norfolk 12 Ala. 369 1847 1 Alabama
Proskey v. West 16 Miss. 711 1847 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Jones & Jones 8 Ark. 109 1847 0 Loaned enslaved person disptue Arkansas
McKinstry v. Conly 12 Ala. 678 1847 0 Redemption of an Enslaved Person on a Mortgage Alabama
Bienvenu v. Derbes 2 La. Ann. 771 1847 1 Louisiana
Dennistoun v. Malard 2 La. Ann. 14 1847 1 Louisiana
State v. Russell 2 La. Ann. 604 1847 1 Louisiana