Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reynolds v. State 3 Ga. 53 1847 0 Convicton for voluntary manslaughter Supreme Court of Georgia
Dix v. Town of Dummerston 19 Vt. 262 1847 1 Vermont
Dargan v. Waring 11 Ala. 988 1847 1 Alabama
Board of Police v. Grant 17 Miss. 77 1847 1 Mississippi
Curtis v. Jones 1 How. App. Cas. 137 1847 1 New York
Hooben v. Bidwell 16 Ohio 509 1847 1 Ohio
Thomas v. McNeil 2 La. Ann. 795 1847 1 Louisiana
New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Bry 2 La. Ann. 303 1847 1 Louisiana
Strange v. Watson 11 Ala. 324 1847 1 Alabama
Merritt v. Clow 2 Tex. 582 1847 1 Texas
Heirs of McVoy v. Hallett 11 Ala. 864 1847 1 Alabama
Ladd v. Tudor 14 F. Cas. 923 1847 1 United States
Gibson v. Foster 2 La. Ann. 503 1847 1 Louisiana
Collins v. Denison 53 Mass. 549 1847 1 Massachusetts
Hoyt v. Bridgewater Copper Mining Co. 6 N.J. Eq. 253 1847 1 New Jersey
Prendergast v. Perkins 2 La. Ann. 384 1847 1 Louisiana
Eldridge v. Turner 11 Ala. 1049 1847 1 Alabama
Millaudon v. Beazley 2 La. Ann. 916 1847 1 Louisiana
Rogers v. Colt 21 N.J.L. 18 1847 1 New Jersey
Heirs of Holman v. Bank of Norfolk 12 Ala. 369 1847 1 Alabama