Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
American Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Emerson 12 Miss. 177 1845 1 Mississippi
O'Brien v. Lewis 8 Ala. 666 1845 1 Alabama
Hart v. Dunbar 12 Miss. 273 1845 1 Mississippi
Quackenbush v. Danks 1 Denio 128 1845 1 New York
Whitsett v. Womack 8 Ala. 466 1845 1 Alabama
Elliott v. Connell 13 Miss. 91 1845 1 Mississippi
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Alabama
Hopkins's Adm'r v. Cockerell 43 Va. 88 1845 1 Virginia
Chandler v. Lyon 8 Ala. 35 1845 1 Alabama
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 North Carolina
Davis v. Crews 42 Va. 408 1845 1 Virginia
Cole v. Justice 8 Ala. 793 1845 1 Alabama
Hill v. Commonwealth 43 Va. 595 1845 1 Virginia
McBride v. Thompson 8 Ala. 650 1845 0 Alabama
Arthur v. Cochran 12 La. 41 1845 1 Louisiana
Alford v. Colson 8 Ala. 550 1845 0 Alabama
Swope v. Chambers 43 Va. 319 1845 1 Virginia
Jones v. Lackland 43 Va. 81 1845 1 Virginia
Knifong v. Hendricks 43 Va. 212 1845 1 Virginia
Walker v. McDowell 12 Miss. 118 1845 0 Mississippi