Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Helmondollor 45 Va. 536 1847 1 Virginia
Burrage's Lessee v. Beardsley 16 Ohio 438 1847 1 Ohio
Yerby v. Lynch 44 Va. 460 1847 1 Virginia
Hayes v. Ewell's adm'r 45 Va. 11 1847 1 Virginia
Blake v. Langdon 19 Vt. 485 1847 1 Vermont
Robbins v. McKnight 5 N.J. Eq. 642 1847 1 New Jersey
Jordan v. Adams 7 Ark. 348 1847 1 Arkansas
Buchanan v. Pue 6 Gill 112 1847 0 Maryland
Gary v. May 16 Ohio 66 1847 1 Ohio
Adams v. Gay 19 Vt. 358 1847 1 Vermont
Shilling v. Shilling 6 Gill 171 1847 0 Maryland
Vason v. Merchants' Bank 2 Ga. 140 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Branch Bank at Huntsville v. Steele 10 Ala. 915 1847 1 Alabama
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
Naglee v. Ingersoll 7 Pa. 185 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheppards v. Turpin 3 Gratt. 373 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Frost v. Reynolds 39 N.C. 494 1847 1 North Carolina
Wardsworth v. Miller 45 Va. 99 1847 1 Virginia
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Alabama