Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henry v. Bradford 40 Va. 54 1842 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Hunt 45 Mass. 111 1842 1 Massachusetts
Prats v. His Creditors 2 Rob. 501 1842 1 Louisiana
Chapron v. Cassaday 22 Tenn. 661 1842 1 Tennessee
Crawford v. M'Daniel 40 Va. 448 1842 1 Virginia
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Pomeroy v. Manin 19 F. Cas. 959 1842 1 United States
State ex rel. Wardens of the Poor of Beaufort County v. Gerard 37 N.C. 210 1842 1 North Carolina
Merchants’ Bank of New Orleans v. Peters 2 Rob. 214 1842 1 Louisiana
Newsom Administrator v. Thompson 24 N.C. 277 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Carmille v. Administrator of Carmille 27 S.C.L. 454 1842 1 South Carolina
Taylor v. Whittemore 2 Rob. 99 1842 1 Louisiana
Haughton v. Barney 37 N.C. 393 1842 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Sorrells v. Sorrells 4 Ark. 296 1842 1 Arkansas
Calhoun v. Cozens 3 Ala. 498 1842 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Dalzell v. Crawford 1 Parsons 37 1842 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Carroll 24 N.C. 257 1842 1 North Carolina
Young v. Bennett 5 Ill. 43 1842 1 Illinois
Crawford v. Shaver 37 N.C. 238 1842 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina