Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Garmon v. Barringer 19 N.C. 502 1837 1 North Carolina
Merrill v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road 16 Wend. 586 1837 1 New York
State v. Love 19 N.C. 267 1837 1 North Carolina
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina