Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sheppard v. Simpson 12 N.C. 237 1827 1 North Carolina
Estes v. Hairston 12 N.C. 354 1827 0 Contract North Carolina
Picket v. Johns 16 N.C. 123 1827 0 Divorce North Carolina
Bryan v. Bryan 16 N.C. 47 1827 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Wells v. Kennerly 15 S.C.L. 123 1827 1 South Carolina
Trustees of the Quaker Society v. Dickenson 12 N.C. 189 1827 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Brown v. Street 27 Va. 1 1827 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Saul v. His Creditors 5 Mart. (n.s.) 569 1827 0 Louisiana
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
Mauran v. Lamb 7 Cow. 174 1827 1 New York
Newnan v. Washington 8 Tenn. 79 1827 1 Tennessee
Hayden v. Inhabitants of Stoughton 22 Mass. 528 1827 1 Massachusetts
Overfield v. Bullitt 1 Mo. 749 1827 1 Missouri
Davidson v. Cowan 12 N.C. 304 1827 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Murphey v. Barron 1 H. & G. 258 1827 0 Maryland
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 242 1827 0 Replevin United States
Negro George v. Corse's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 1 1827 0 Maryland
Toulmin v. Buchanan's Executors 1 Stew. 67 1827 0 Trover Alabama
Dickson v. Cunningham 8 Tenn. 203 1827 1 Tennessee
Gregory v. Baugh 25 Va. 612 1827 1 Virginia