Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bowman v. Ware 17 La. 597 1841 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Garrett's Administrators 6 Miss. 434 1841 1 Mississippi
Caruthers's Adm'rs v. Trustees of Lexington 39 Va. 610 1841 1 Virginia
Coveney v. Tannahill 1 Hill & Den. 33 1841 1 New York
Briggs v. Parkman 43 Mass. 258 1841 1 Massachusetts
Niles v. Anderson 6 Miss. 365 1841 1 Mississippi
State v. Judge of Probates 17 La. 570 1841 1 Louisiana
Boyer v. Sweet 4 Ill. 120 1841 1 Illinois
Fitch v. Leitch 38 Va. 471 1841 1 Virginia
Hestres v. Petrovic 1 Rob. 119 1841 1 Louisiana
Robinson & Meem v. Burks 39 Va. 378 1841 1 Virginia
United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad 40 U.S. 518 1841 1 United States
Mason v. Farmers Bank at Petersburg 39 Va. 84 1841 1 Virginia
Wheatley's Heirs v. Calhoun 39 Va. 264 1841 1 Virginia
Powell v. Aiken 17 La. 321 1841 1 Louisiana
Municipality No. 2 v. Orleans Cotton Press 18 La. 122 1841 1 Louisiana
Wynn v. Wyatt's Adm'x 38 Va. 584 1841 1 Virginia
Smith v. Smith 16 S.C. Eq. 126 1841 1 South Carolina
James River & Kanawha Co. v. Anderson 39 Va. 278 1841 1 Virginia
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York