Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pierson v. Robb 4 Ill. 139 1841 1 Illinois
Clarke v. Curtis 38 Va. 559 1841 1 Virginia
Street's Heirs v. Street 38 Va. 498 1841 1 Virginia
Hulet v. Barnett 10 Ohio 459 1841 1 Ohio
Hart v. New Orleans & Carrollton Rail Road 1 Rob. 178 1841 1 Louisiana
Fowler v. Norman 21 Tenn. 384 1841 0 Tennessee
Wright v. Cohoon 39 Va. 370 1841 1 Virginia
Baldwin v. Baldwin 21 Tenn. 473 1841 0 Tennessee
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Lowry v. Hall 2 Watts & Serg. 129 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Sibely & Morrison v. Tutt 16 S.C. Eq. 320 1841 1 South Carolina
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Field 17 La. 421 1841 0 Louisiana
Gibbs vs. Marsh 43 Mass. 243 1841 1 Massachusetts
Barriere F. W. C. v. Gladding's Curator 17 La. 144 1841 0 Louisiana
Thompson v. Chrétien 3 Rob. 26 1842 0 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Hunt 45 Mass. 111 1842 1 Massachusetts
State ex rel. Wardens of the Poor of Beaufort County v. Gerard 37 N.C. 210 1842 1 North Carolina
Dix v. Van Wyck 2 Hill & Den. 522 1842 1 New York
Sorrells v. Sorrells 4 Ark. 296 1842 1 Arkansas