Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Savage v. Benham 11 Ala. 49 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama
McLeod v. Powe 12 Ala. 9 1847 0 Sale dispute Alabama
State v. Burris 4 Del. 582 1847 0 Trail against man transpoting enslaved individuals Delaware
Evans v. Oakley 2 Tex. 182 1847 1 Texas
Lester v. Cummings 27 Tenn. 385 1847 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Jones & Jones 8 Ark. 109 1847 0 Loaned enslaved person disptue Arkansas
Bienvenu v. Derbes 2 La. Ann. 771 1847 1 Louisiana
Esselman v. Wells 27 Tenn. 482 1847 1 Tennessee
Wiley v. Hunter 2 La. Ann. 806 1847 1 Louisiana
McDonand v. Sims 3 Ga. 383 1847 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bank of the State v. Byrd 8 Ark. 152 1847 0 Vedict for interpleader for enslaved person Arkansas
Walker v. Walker 3 Ga. 302 1847 0 Equity Actions Supreme Court of Georgia
Dennistoun v. Malard 2 La. Ann. 14 1847 1 Louisiana
Peters v. McKeon 4 Denio 546 1847 1 New York
State ex rel. Trapnall v. Hammett 7 Ark. 492 1847 0 Sale of land dispute Arkansas
Graves v. Weeks 19 Vt. 178 1847 1 Vermont
Graham’s Ex’r v. Sam 46 Ky. 403 1847 0 Kentucky
Pogue ex rel. Calvert v. Joyner 7 Ark. 462 1847 0 Securities dispute Arkansas
Pitts v. McWhorter 3 Ga. 5 1847 0 Consideration for property purchased Georgia
Beverley v. Brooke 45 Va. 187 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA