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
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
The Reeside 20 F. Cas. 458 1837 1 United States
Markoe v. Maxcy 16 F. Cas. 763 1837 1 United States
Markoe v. Maxcy 5 D.C. 306 1837 1 United States
Beale v. Seiveley 35 Va. 658 1837 1 Virginia