Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward ex rel. Burke v. Hatch 26 N.C. 282 1844 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Downman v. Frow 6 Ala. 879 1844 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Puryear v. Thompson 24 Tenn. 397 1844 0 Tennessee
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jones v. Perry 38 N.C. 200 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Foggart v. Blackweller 26 N.C. 238 1844 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Lewis v. Kemp's 38 N.C. 233 1844 0 Estates North Carolina
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Tilly's Adm'or v. Norris 26 N.C. 229 1844 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Smith & Burwell 42 Va. 554 1844 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slaves General Ct. of VA
Ellis v. Jenny 41 Va. 597 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Williamson 11 Miss. 715 1844 0 Creditor to estate dispute Mississippi
Hickerson's Adm'r v. Helm 41 Va. 628 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
McLane v. Spence 6 Ala. 894 1844 1 Alabama
Strong v. Strong 6 Ala. 345 1844 0 Trover Alabama
Slate v. Hart 26 N.C. 222 1844 0 Indictment for assault and battery in shooting the prosecutor's slave North Carolina
Northrop v. Wright 7 Hill & Den. 476 1844 1 New York
Nesbit v. Bradford 6 Ala. 746 1844 1 Alabama
Green v. Green 11 Miss. 256 1844 0 Estate property dispute Mississippi
Waldron v. Gianini 6 Hill & Den. 601 1844 1 New York