Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
M'Cutchen v. M'Cutchen 8 Port. 151 1838 0 Detinue for a Enslaved Person Alabama
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 Appeal of conviction of being out past curfew. United States
Foscue v. Foscue 22 N.C. 65 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Caton v. MacTavish 10 G. & J. 192 1838 0 Maryland
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 Estates North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Ellis 22 N.C. 20 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hines v. Spruill 22 N.C. 93 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Vann v. Hargett 22 N.C. 31 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Dey v. Williams 22 N.C. 66 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Property dipsute Alabama
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee