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
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
Taylor v. Brooks 20 N.C. 139 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 Mortgage dispute United States
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 Fieri Facias United States
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
Ned v. State 7 Port. 187 1838 0 Alabama
State v. Cook 22 S.C.L. 234 1837 0 South Carolina