Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McIntosh v. Smith 2 La. Ann. 756 1847 0 Community property, debts, sales, warranty, prescription, fraud Louisiana
Williams v. Avent 40 N.C. 47 1847 0 Fraud North Carolina
Weeks v. Weeks 40 N.C. 111 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ellington v. Currie 40 N.C. 21 1847 0 Action to recover slaves North Carolina
Amis v. Amis 40 N.C. 12 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Swinney v. State 16 Miss. 576 1847 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Howell 29 N.C. 493 1847 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Rippy v. Gant 39 N.C. 443 1847 0 Contracts North Carolina
Harding v. Spivey 30 N.C. 63 1847 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Gayden v. Marshall 16 Miss. 489 1847 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Fitzgerald v. Reed 17 Miss. 94 1847 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
Alderson v. Harris 12 Ala. 580 1847 1 Alabama
Thompson v. Ives 11 Ala. 239 1847 1 Alabama
Henderson v. Bank at Montgomery 11 Ala. 855 1847 1 Alabama
Thompson v. Ford 29 N.C. 420 1847 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Whitaker v. Robinson 16 Miss. 349 1847 0 Recovery for value of slave Mississippi
Russell v. La Roque 11 Ala. 352 1847 0 Deed of trust dispute Alabama
Union Bank v. Morgan 2 La. Ann. 418 1847 1 Louisiana
Field's Adm'r v. Bevil 12 Ala. 608 1847 1 Alabama