Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pitts v. McWhorter 3 Ga. 5 1847 0 Consideration for property purchased Georgia
Fambro v. Gantt 12 Ala. 298 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Jones v. Swift 12 Ala. 144 1847 0 Action of detinue to recover enslaved person Alabama
Eaton v. Breathett 27 Tenn. 534 1847 0 Tennessee
Watson v. Bothwell 11 Ala. 650 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama
Beverley v. Brooke 45 Va. 187 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Magruder v. Darnall 6 Gill 269 1847 0 Maryland
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Sentencing a Slave to Death for the Rape of a White Women Supreme Court of FL
Russell v. Cheatham 16 Miss. 703 1847 0 Recovery for levy on slaves Mississippi
Weaver v. Puryear 11 Ala. 941 1847 0 Action to recover for breach of warranty Alabama
Clarke v. Gary 11 Ala. 98 1847 0 Insufficienty levy action Alabama
Cunningham v. Cunningham 45 Va. 43 1847 0 Surcharge action SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. State 17 Miss. 115 1847 0 Mississippi
Taylor v. State 26 Tenn. 510 1847 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Stanton 11 Ala. 412 1847 0 Agreement to sell dispute Alabama
Charlton v. Unis 45 Va. 58 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Forward v. Armstead 12 Ala. 124 1847 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Hilliard v. Binford's Heirs 10 Ala. 977 1847 0 Property dispute Alabama
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Branch Bank at Montgomery v. Hodges 12 Ala. 118 1847 0 Creditor dispute Alabama