Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Burnett’s Adm’r 12 Ala. 743 1848 1 Alabama
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 accessory to theft of goods by slave Georgia
Donelson’s Adm’rs v. Posey 13 Ala. 752 1848 1 Alabama
In re Belt 1 Park. Crim. Rep. 169 1848 1 New York
Spalding v. Grigg 4 Ga. 75 1848 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Flint River Steamboat Co. v. Foster 5 Ga. 194 1848 1 Georgia
Dixon v. Watkins 9 Ark. 139 1848 0 Action of trespass against enslaved person Arkansas
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Harry v. Green 28 Tenn. 182 1848 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Finch 2 Barb. 208 1848 1 New York
Birdseye v. Flint 3 Barb. 500 1848 1 New York
Beach v. Crain 2 N.Y. 86 1848 1 New York
Taylor v. Jones 3 La. Ann. 619 1848 1 Louisiana
Beebe v. De Baun 8 Ark. 510 1848 0 Action for false imprisonment Arkansas
Wilkins v. Judge 14 Ala. 135 1848 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Bell v. Clark 31 N.C. 239 1848 1 North Carolina
Stevens v. Bomar 28 Tenn. 546 1848 0 Tennessee
Shepherd v. Newkirk 21 N.J.L. 302 1848 Insurance dispute New Jersey
Putnam v. Davidson 3 La. Ann. 266 1848 0 Sales, successions, property, warranty of eviction Louisiana
Vaughan v. Christine 3 La. Ann. 328 1848 0 Tutorship, successions, property, partition, intervenor, prescription, contracts, ratification Louisiana