Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Muirhead v. Muirhead 16 Miss. 211 1847 1 Mississippi
Janes v. Adm'rs of Reynolds 2 Tex. 250 1847 1 Texas
Bentley v. Phelps 3 F. Cas. 244 1847 1 United States
Leach v. Blow 16 Miss. 221 1847 1 Mississippi
Barry v. Barry 1 Md. Ch. 20 1847 1 Maryland
Womack v. Womack 2 La. Ann. 339 1847 1 Louisiana
White v. White 5 Gill 359 1847 1 Maryland
Graves v. Weeks 19 Vt. 178 1847 1 Vermont
Nicoll v. American Ins. 18 F. Cas. 231 1847 1 United States
Frink v. McClung 9 Ill. 569 1847 1 Illinois
Strange v. Watson 11 Ala. 324 1847 1 Alabama
Miller v. Herbert 46 U.S. 72 1847 1 United States
Akin v. Drummond 2 La. Ann. 92 1847 1 Louisiana
Wise v. Hine 1 Greene 62 1847 1 Iowa
Heirs of McVoy v. Hallett 11 Ala. 864 1847 1 Alabama
McQuillen v. State 16 Miss. 587 1847 1 Mississippi
Eldridge v. Turner 11 Ala. 1049 1847 1 Alabama
Evans v. Oakley 2 Tex. 182 1847 1 Texas
Ashe v. Hale 40 N.C. 55 1847 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Bishop v. Poteet 29 N.C. 358 1847 1 North Carolina