Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Trustees of the South Newmarket Methodist Seminary v. Peaslee 15 N.H. 317 1844 1 New Hampshire
Hill v. Duke 6 Ala. 259 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Trigg v. Faris 24 Tenn. 343 1844 0 Tennessee
Percy v. White 7 La. 513 1844 1 Louisiana
Oliver's Ex'or v. Hallam's Adm'r 42 Va. 298 1844 1 Virginia
Agricultural Bank v. Dorsey 1 Freem. Ch. 338 1844 1 Mississippi
Town of Pownal v. Myers 16 Vt. 408 1844 1 Vermont
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 Indictment for "a slave hiring her own time" North Carolina
Fulton v. Fulton 7 La. 73 1844 1 Louisiana
Mills v. Stewart 24 Tenn. 308 1844 0 Tennessee
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thomas v. Estes 10 Miss. 439 1844 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Taylor v. Harwell 24 Tenn. 331 1844 0 Tennessee
United States v. Gassaway 25 F. Cas. 1263 1844 0 Larceny United States
Moore v. Gwynn 27 N.C. 187 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Coalter’s ex’or v. Bryan 1 Gratt. 18 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Nabors v. State 6 Ala. 200 1844 0 Indictment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Brock v. Saxton 5 Ark. 708 1844 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas