Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hope v. Hutchins 9 G. & J. 77 1837 0 Maryland
Saltmarsh v. Beene 4 Port. 283 1837 1 Alabama
Newton v. Turpin 8 G. & J. 433 1837 0 0 Maryland
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Wilson v. Barnett 9 G. & J. 158 1837 0 Maryland
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Indictment for Murder of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Pistole v. Street 5 Port. 64 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Wood v. Bruce 9 G. & J. 215 1837 0 Maryland
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 Divorce North Carolina
Portis v. Creagh 4 Port. 332 1837 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
State v. Brown 4 Port. 410 1837 0 Action against Enslaved Person thief Alabama
Peggy v. Wilson 9 G. & J. 169 1837 0 0 Maryland
Pocock v. Hendricks 8 G. & J. 421 1837 0 Maryland
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina
Flagg v. Mann 9 F. Cas. 202 1837 1 United States
Watkins v. Dean 18 Tenn. 321 1837 0 Tennessee
Bank of Alabama v. M'Dade 4 Port. 252 1837 0 Dispute Over Conveyance of Ensalved Persons Alabama
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee