Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
Regents of the University of Maryland v. Williams 9 G. & J. 365 1838 1 Maryland
Barkeloo v. Randall 4 Blackf. 476 1838 1 Indiana
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 224 1838 1 Virginia
Camp v. Bates 13 Conn. 1 1838 1 Connecticut
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Will & Trust Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Blanton v. King 3 Miss. 856 1838 1 Mississippi
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Insurance Co. v. Smith 3 Whart. 520 1838 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA