Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Hinds v. Brazealle 3 Miss. 837 1838 0 Deed of empanicpation dispute Mississippi
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Beers, Booth & St. John v. Spooner 36 Va. 64 1838 1 Virginia
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
Chapman v. Chevis 36 Va. 112 1838 1 Virginia
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
Ned v. State 7 Port. 187 1838 0 Alabama
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 Mortgage dispute United States
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 Fieri Facias United States
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine