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
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Haxall's Ex'ors v. Shippen 37 Va. 536 1839 1 Virginia
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Davison v. Wolf 9 Ohio 73 1839 1 Ohio
Maples ex rel. Broughton v. Maples 14 S.C. Eq. 300 1839 1 South Carolina
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland