Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Chandler v. Byrd 1 Ark. 152 1838 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 Appeal of conviction of being out past curfew. United States
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Property, partnerships, successions, donations, simulation, fraud, donations Louisiana
M'Cutchen v. M'Cutchen 8 Port. 151 1838 0 Detinue for a Enslaved Person Alabama
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Wrongfully sending away enslaved persons Alabama
Behan v. Faures 12 La. 211 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina