Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Whittington v. Clarke 16 Miss. 480 1847 1 Mississippi
State ex rel. Bishop v. Poteet 29 N.C. 358 1847 1 North Carolina
Boyd v. Brown 2 La. Ann. 218 1847 1 Louisiana
Ashe v. Hale 40 N.C. 55 1847 1 North Carolina
Rives, Battle & Co. v. Odeneal 16 Miss. 691 1847 1 Mississippi
Leak v. Isaacson 15 F. Cas. 102 1847 1 United States
Ballinger v. Edwards 39 N.C. 449 1847 1 North Carolina
Magee v. Cowperthwaite 10 Ala. 966 1847 1 Alabama
Wyatt v. Brown 16 Miss. 365 1847 1 Mississippi
Murchison v. White 30 N.C. 52 1847 1 North Carolina
Patton v. Smith 29 N.C. 440 1847 1 North Carolina
McComb v. Doe 16 Miss. 505 1847 1 Mississippi
Shelton v. Pease 10 Mo. 473 1847 1 Missouri
Swinney v. State 16 Miss. 576 1847 1 Mississippi
McQuillen v. State 16 Miss. 587 1847 1 Mississippi
Davis v. Coleman 29 N.C. 426 1847 1 North Carolina
Wallen v. Huff 1 Shan. Cas. 4 1847 1 Tennessee
Graves v. Weeks 19 Vt. 178 1847 1 Vermont
Dennistoun v. Malard 2 La. Ann. 14 1847 1 Louisiana
Peters v. McKeon 4 Denio 546 1847 1 New York