Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Braxton v. Wood's adm'r 45 Va. 25 1847 1 Virginia
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Easly v. Boyd 12 Ala. 684 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Levy of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Betton v. Willis 1 Fla. 226 1847 0 Right to Property in Slaves Levied Upon Execution Supreme Court of FL
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Costigan v. Sewall 6 Gill 232 1847 0 Maryland
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Herbert 46 U.S. 72 1847 1 United States
Carter v. Wallace 2 Tex. 206 1847 1 Texas
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Chipman v. Barron 2 Ga. 220 1847 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Blake v. Langdon 19 Vt. 485 1847 1 Vermont
Robbins v. McKnight 5 N.J. Eq. 642 1847 1 New Jersey
Jordan v. Adams 7 Ark. 348 1847 1 Arkansas
Dixon v. Thatcher's Heirs 8 Ark. 134 1847 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Hayes v. Ewell's adm'r 45 Va. 11 1847 1 Virginia
Merchants' Bank v. Davis 3 Ga. 112 1847 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia