Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Scates v. Wilson & Edmunds 36 Va. 170 1838 1 Virginia
Blanton v. King 3 Miss. 856 1838 1 Mississippi
Pegram v. May 36 Va. 71 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 224 1838 1 Virginia
Austin Parker & Co. v. Gordon 23 S.C.L. 270 1838 1 South Carolina
White v. Toncray 36 Va. 128 1838 1 Virginia