Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chandler v. Byrd 1 Ark. 152 1838 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Henderson v. Henderson's Administrator 5 D.C. 469 1838 0 Creditor Remedies United States
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Wrongfully sending away enslaved persons Alabama
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland
Dodge v. Brittain 19 Tenn. 84 1838 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Boyle v. Townes 36 Va. 66 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Angus v. Dickerson 19 Tenn. 459 1838 0 Tennessee
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee