Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hickerson's Adm'r v. Helm 41 Va. 628 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Pettus v. Roberts 6 Ala. 811 1844 0 Assumpsit on a False Warranty of Two Enslaved Persons Alabama
Rives v. Wilborne 6 Ala. 45 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Fletcher v. United States 9 F. Cas. 274 1844 0 Double Jeapordy United States
Phœbe v. Boggess 42 Va. 129 1844 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Green v. Green 11 Miss. 256 1844 0 Estate property dispute Mississippi
Stevenson v. McLean 24 Tenn. 332 1844 0 Tennessee
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 24 Tenn. 352 1844 0 Tennessee
United States v. Gassaway 25 F. Cas. 1263 1844 0 Larceny United States
Knight v. Heinnes 9 Rob. 377 1844 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hagan v. Hart 6 Rob. 427 1844 0 Sales, privileges, seizure, injunction, property Louisiana
Cox v. Camp 6 Rob. 425 1844 0 Community property, warranty, sales, simulation, mortgages Louisiana
Barker v. Wheelip 24 Tenn. 329 1844 0 Tennessee
Belew v. Clark 23 Tenn. 506 1844 0 Tennessee
Crippen v. Bearden 24 Tenn. 129 1844 0 Tennessee
White v. Guyot 6 Rob. 443 1844 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Nabors v. State 6 Ala. 200 1844 0 Indictment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Haydel v. Betts 6 Rob. 438 1844 0 Sales, recordation, fraud, redhibition, damages, recission Louisiana