Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodson v. Whitfield 40 N.C. 163 1847 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Splane v. Mitcheltree 2 La. Ann. 265 1847 1 Louisiana
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Levy of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Burrage's Lessee v. Beardsley 16 Ohio 438 1847 1 Ohio
Adams v. Turrentine 30 N.C. 147 1847 1 North Carolina
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 Writ of right SC of Appeals VA
Sheppards v. Turpin 3 Gratt. 373 1847 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Jackson v. Culpepper 93 Ga 569 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
Robbins v. McKnight 5 N.J. Eq. 642 1847 1 New Jersey
Blake v. Langdon 19 Vt. 485 1847 1 Vermont
Yerby v. Lynch 44 Va. 460 1847 1 Virginia
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
Trapnall v. Jordan 7 Ark. 430 1847 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Buchan v. Sumner 2 Barb. Ch. 165 1847 1 New York
State v. Miller 29 N.C. 275 1847 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Isbell's adm'r v. Norvell's ex'or 45 Va. 176 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia