Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Property dipsute Alabama
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 Wills and Bequeathments United States
Phillips v. Hicks 1 Ark. 245 1838 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Henderson v. Henderson's Administrator 5 D.C. 469 1838 0 Creditor Remedies United States
Brown v. Hicks 1 Ark. 232 1838 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Chandler v. Byrd 1 Ark. 152 1838 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Banks v. Thomas 19 Tenn. 28 1838 0 Tennessee
State v. Jesse 20 N.C. 98 1838 0 Double Jeopardy North Carolina
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Granting of freedom after an illegal exportation Delaware
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Property, partnerships, successions, donations, simulation, fraud, donations Louisiana
Traverso v. Row 11 La. 494 1838 0 Partition, successions, property, capacity Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana