Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bowie v. Hunter 4 D.C. 699 1836 0 Declarations outside contract United States
Gornto v. Bonney 34 Va. 234 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hawthorn v. Hunter 35 Va. 411 1836 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Hayes v. Goode 34 Va. 452 1836 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hooper v. Pair 3 Port. 401 1836 0 Property dispute Alabama
Hickman v. Cantrell 17 Tenn. 172 1836 0 Tennessee
Manns v. Givens 34 Va. 689 1836 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Burley v. Griffith 35 Va. 442 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Brittain v. Howell 19 N.C. 107 1836 1 North Carolina
Cockerham v. Davis 5 Port. 220 1837 1 Alabama
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Den ex dem. Ferebee v. Procter 19 N.C. 439 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Jesse 19 N.C. 297 1837 0 Rape North Carolina
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 Fradulent Contracts/Equity United States
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Thrower 5 Port. 43 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Newton v. Turpin 8 G. & J. 433 1837 0 0 Maryland
State v. Cook 22 S.C.L. 234 1837 0 South Carolina
State v. M'Donald 4 Port. 449 1837 0 Indictment for Conspiraring with an Enslaved Person to Start a Rebellion Alabama
Merrill v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road 16 Wend. 586 1837 1 New York