Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
State v. Jesse 20 N.C. 98 1838 0 Double Jeopardy North Carolina
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Claiborne 19 Tenn. 331 1838 0 Tennessee
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Boyle v. Townes 36 Va. 66 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Banks v. Thomas 19 Tenn. 28 1838 0 Tennessee
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
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi