Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Janes v. Adm'rs of Reynolds 2 Tex. 250 1847 1 Texas
Thurlow v. Massachusetts 46 U.S. 504 1847 1 United States
Brown v. Stewart 1 Md. Ch. 87 1847 1 Maryland
Russell v. Ashley 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 546 1847 1 Arkansas
Creath's Administrator v. Sims 46 U.S. 192 1847 1 United States
Proprietors of the Canal Bridge v. Trustees of the Methodist Religious Society 54 Mass. 335 1847 1 Massachusetts
Rapp v. Rapp 6 Pa. 45 1847 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Shepherd 30 N.C. 195 1847 1 North Carolina
White v. White 1 Md. Ch. 53 1847 1 Maryland
De Witt v. Bigelow & Co. 11 Ala. 480 1847 1 Alabama
Hoyt v. Thorn 7 N.J. Eq. 9 1847 1 New Jersey
Yerby v. Lynch 44 Va. 460 1847 1 Virginia
McPhaul's Heirs v. Gilchrist 29 N.C. 169 1847 1 North Carolina
New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Bry 2 La. Ann. 303 1847 1 Louisiana
Ashe v. Hale 40 N.C. 55 1847 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Turner 39 N.C. 433 1847 1 North Carolina
Bryant v. Craig 12 Ala. 354 1847 1 Alabama
Union Bank v. Morgan 2 La. Ann. 418 1847 1 Louisiana
Dennistoun v. Nutt 2 La. Ann. 483 1847 1 Louisiana
Coleman v. Freeman 3 Ga. 137 1847 1 Georgia