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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ashe v. Hale 40 N.C. 55 1847 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Bishop v. Poteet 29 N.C. 358 1847 1 North Carolina
Owen v. Barksdale 30 N.C. 81 1847 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Lewis 30 N.C. 70 1847 1 North Carolina
Proskey v. West 16 Miss. 711 1847 1 Mississippi
Filhour v. Gibson 39 N.C. 455 1847 1 North Carolina
Ingram v. Devisees 2 Tex. 591 1847 1 Texas
Miller v. Herbert 46 U.S. 72 1847 1 United States
Braxton v. Wood's adm'r 45 Va. 25 1847 1 Virginia
Clement v. Hawkins 16 Miss. 339 1847 1 Mississippi
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Dixon v. Thatcher's Heirs 8 Ark. 134 1847 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Flemming v. Powell 2 Tex. 225 1847 1 Texas
Coon v. Rice 29 N.C. 217 1847 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Hayes v. Ewell's adm'r 45 Va. 11 1847 1 Virginia
Jordan v. Adams 7 Ark. 348 1847 1 Arkansas
Fox v. Ohio 46 U.S. 410 1847 1 United States
Adams v. Gay 19 Vt. 358 1847 1 Vermont
Chipman v. Barron 2 Ga. 220 1847 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama