Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
Mitchell v. Rainey 20 N.C. 61 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Pegram v. May 36 Va. 71 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Austin Parker & Co. v. Gordon 23 S.C.L. 270 1838 1 South Carolina
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina