Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Desloge v. Ranger 7 Mo. 327 1842 1 Missouri
Adams v. Jackson 4 Watts & Serg. 55 1842 1 Pennsylvania
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Wiswall v. Glidden 4 Ala. 357 1842 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Livingston v. Tyler 14 Conn. 493 1842 1 Connecticut
Lee v. Bryan 3 Ala. 278 1842 0 Levy of enslaved persons Alabama
Lee v. Hamilton 3 Ala. 529 1842 0 Action to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Leshey v. Gardner 3 Watts & Serg. 314 1842 1 Pennsylvania
Lord v. Lancey 21 Me. 468 1842 1 Maine
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Gift of enslaved persons Alabama
Kimbrough v. Benton 22 Tenn. 110 1842 1 Tennessee
May v. Boisseau 39 Va. 512 1842 1 Virginia
Cox v. McBee 28 S.C.L. 195 1842 1 South Carolina
State v. Abram 4 Ala. 272 1842 0 Trial of Enslaved Personsfor murder Alabama
Norris v. Bradford 4 Ala. 203 1842 0 Trover Alabama
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Jemison v. Cozens 3 Ala. 636 1842 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Willis v. Watson 5 Ill. 64 1842 1 Illinois