Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Partition, property, community property, contracts Louisiana
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Phillips v. Hicks 1 Ark. 245 1838 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Chandler v. Byrd 1 Ark. 152 1838 0 Action of debt Arkansas
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA