Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Hardin 19 N.C. 407 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 Divorce North Carolina
Nathan v. Gardere 11 La. 262 1837 0 Partnerships, property, promissory notes, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Arnous v. Lesassier 10 La. 592 1837 0 Successions, property, mortgages, recordation, contracts Louisiana
Conway v. Williams' Administrator 10 La. 568 1837 0 Promissory notes, prescription, sales, witness testimony, debts Louisiana
Richardson v. Richardson 4 Port. 467 1837 0 Property dispute Alabama
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Stewart's Curator v. Row 10 La. 530 1837 0 Successions, property, community property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Recovery for slave Chancery Court of New York
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 SC of Judicature of New York
Burke v. Clarke 11 La. 206 1837 0 Sales, damages, agency, partnerships, theft Louisiana
Mourain v. Beauvais 10 La. 477 1837 0 Attorney's fees, seizure, sales, privileges, injunction, damages Louisiana
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Gibson v. McCormick 10 G. & J. 65 1838 0 Maryland
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware