Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Perry 38 N.C. 200 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Armfield 27 N.C. 207 1844 0 Indictment of forcible trespass North Carolina
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
Thomas v. Davis 6 Ala. 113 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Rives v. Wilborne 6 Ala. 45 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Calderwood v. Trent 9 Rob. 227 1844 0 Property, seizure, sales, privileges, fraud, injunction Louisiana
Stover v. Herrington 7 Ala. 142 1844 0 Dispute over Conveynace of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Darden's Adm'r v. Burns' Adm'r 6 Ala. 362 1844 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Lewis v. Kemp's 38 N.C. 233 1844 0 Estates North Carolina
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Guilford v. Guilford 39 N.C. 168 1845 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hawkins v. Alston 39 N.C. 137 1845 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
State v. Post 20 N.J.L. 368 1845 Master - slave relationship dispute New Jersey
Williams v. Alexander 39 N.C. 207 1845 0 Gift North Carolina
Bell v. Pharr 7 Ala. 807 1845 0 Detinue Alabama
Springs v. Erwin 28 N.C. 27 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Thomas v. Gaines 42 Va. 347 1845 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Payne v. Bruton 6 Ark. 278 1845 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Arkansas
Blackburn v. Hawkins 6 Ark. 50 1845 0 Will & trust Arkansas