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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bethell's Ex'ix v. Wilson 21 N.C. 610 1837 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Melchor v. Burger 21 N.C. 634 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Den ex dem. Harrell v. Hoskins 19 N.C. 479 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Boyce v. Warren 19 N.C. 498 1837 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Ham v. Ham 21 N.C. 598 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bland v. Dowling 9 G. & J. 19 1837 0 Maryland
Newby v. Skinner 21 N.C. 488 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Newton v. Turpin 8 G. & J. 433 1837 0 0 Maryland
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Alleged kidnapping New Hampshire
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Turner 18 Tenn. 287 1837 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Consdieration of sale dispute Mississippi