Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Farned v. Harris 19 Miss. 366 1848 1 Mississippi
In re Belt 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 93 1848 0 SC of New York
Bodley v. McKinney 17 Miss. 339 1848 1 Mississippi
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
J. A. Deneufville's adm'r v. Travis's adm'r 46 Va. 28 1848 1 Virginia
The Laurens 14 F. Cas. 1192 1848 0 Libel for alleged slave-trade District Court, S.D. New York