Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Ellen v. Arrington 25 N.C. 99 1842 1 North Carolina
Price v. Sharp 24 N.C. 417 1842 1 North Carolina
Rice v. Richardson 3 Ala. 428 1842 0 Action of error on the purhcase of enslaved person Alabama
McWhorter v. Lewis 4 Ala. 198 1842 0 Recovery for wages Alabama
Darnall v. Hill 12 G. & J. 388 1842 0 Maryland
Smith on demise of Kelly v. Spencer 25 N.C. 256 1842 1 North Carolina
Rives v. Pettit 4 Ark. 582 1842 1 Arkansas
Lane v. Levillian 4 Ark. 76 1842 1 Arkansas
Goode v. Mayson's Administrators 7 Miss. 543 1842 1 Mississippi
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund v. Walker 7 Miss. 143 1842 1 Mississippi
Stewart v. Fowler 3 Ala. 629 1842 0 Trespass for taking a enslaved person Alabama
Cook v. Dyer 3 Ala. 643 1842 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Hill v. Rushing 4 Ala. 212 1842 0 Recovery for property Alabama
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Conveyance Alabama
Beard v. Childress 4 Ala. 411 1842 0 Detinue for Two Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dorsey v. Merritt 7 Miss. 390 1842 1 Mississippi
Clarke v. Poozer 27 S.C.L. 434 1842 1 South Carolina
Dishazer v. Maitland 39 Va. 524 1842 1 Virginia
Hinklin v. Hamilton 22 Tenn. 569 1842 0 Tennessee
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware