Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Mitchell v. Rainey 20 N.C. 61 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Kayser v. Disher 36 Va. 132 1838 1 Virginia
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
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 SC of Judicature of New York