Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clements v. Elliott 11 Ala. 360 1847 0 Alabama
Field's Adm'r v. Bevil 12 Ala. 608 1847 1 Alabama
Succession of Guillemin 2 La. Ann. 634 1847 0 Louisiana
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Mississippi
Simerson v. Branch Bank at Decatur 12 Ala. 205 1847 0 Alabama
Blake v. Irwin 3 Ga. 345 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Graves v. Weeks 19 Vt. 178 1847 1 Vermont
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Alabama
Cunningham v. Cunningham 45 Va. 43 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Phillips v. Hawkins 1 Fla. 262 1847 0 Supreme Court of FL
Sheppard v. Melloy 12 Ala. 561 1847 0 Alabama
Clark v. Preston 2 La. Ann. 580 1847 0 Louisiana
Paschal v. Davis 3 Ga. 256 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Erwin v. Lowry 2 La. Ann. 314 1847 0 Louisiana
Russell v. La Roque 11 Ala. 352 1847 0 Alabama
Quigley v. Campbell 12 Ala. 58 1847 1 Alabama
Merrill v. Smith 12 Ala. 569 1847 1 Alabama
Thurmond v. Reese 3 Ga. 449 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Paschall v. Hailman 9 Ill. 285 1847 1 Illinois