Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Illinois
Farneyhough's Ex'ors v. Dickerson 41 Va. 582 1843 1 Virginia
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Poling v. Johnson 41 Va. 255 1843 1 Virginia
Savage v. Mears 41 Va. 570 1843 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Love 23 Tenn. 255 1843 0 Tennessee
Pierce v. State 13 N.H. 536 1843 1 New Hampshire
Whitaker v. Petway 26 N.C. 182 1843 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Landry v. Connely 4 Rob. 127 1843 1 Louisiana
Coffin v. Heath 47 Mass. 76 1843 1 Massachusetts
Cannon v. Peebles 26 N.C. 204 1843 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
State ex rel. Lister v. Skinner 26 N.C. 57 1843 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Love v. Love's Adm'or 38 N.C. 104 1843 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Temple v. Hawley 1 Sand. Ch. 153 1843 1 New York
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas