Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
May v. Boisseau 39 Va. 512 1842 1 Virginia
Livingston v. Tyler 14 Conn. 493 1842 1 Connecticut
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 North Carolina
Adams v. Jackson 4 Watts & Serg. 55 1842 1 Pennsylvania
Wier v. Davis 4 Ala. 442 1842 0 Alabama
Lord v. Lancey 21 Me. 468 1842 1 Maine
Willis v. Watson 5 Ill. 64 1842 1 Illinois
Booker's Ex'rs v. Jemison 4 Ala. 408 1842 0 Alabama
Cox v. McBee 28 S.C.L. 195 1842 1 South Carolina
Kimbrough v. Benton 22 Tenn. 110 1842 1 Tennessee
Miller v. Moore 22 Tenn. 189 1842 1 Tennessee
Florance v. Orleans Navigation Co. 1 Rob. 224 1842 1 Louisiana
Brewster v. McCall's devisees 15 Conn. 274 1842 1 Connecticut
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware
Brittain v. Richardson 3 Rob. 78 1842 1 Louisiana
Parish v. Gear 1 Pin. 261 1842 1 Wisconsin
Allen v. Roundtree 28 S.C.L. 80 1842 1 South Carolina
Andrews v. Doe ex. dem. Wilkes 7 Miss. 554 1842 1 Mississippi
Blessing's Adm'rs v. Beatty 40 Va. 287 1842 1 Virginia
Skeen v. Lynch 40 Va. 187 1842 1 Virginia