Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tapp's Adm'r v. Rankin 36 Va. 172 1838 1 Virginia
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. McCormick 10 G. & J. 65 1838 0 Maryland
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Barkeloo v. Randall 4 Blackf. 476 1838 1 Indiana
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
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
Regents of the University of Maryland v. Williams 9 G. & J. 365 1838 1 Maryland
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Camp v. Bates 13 Conn. 1 1838 1 Connecticut
Insurance Co. v. Smith 3 Whart. 520 1838 1 Pennsylvania
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 Mortgage dispute United States
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States