Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
May v. Boisseau 35 Va. 164 1837 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
State v. Brown 4 Port. 410 1837 0 Action against Enslaved Person thief Alabama
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Consdieration of sale dispute Mississippi
Turner v. Thrower 5 Port. 43 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Bruce 9 G. & J. 215 1837 0 Maryland
Peggy v. Wilson 9 G. & J. 169 1837 0 0 Maryland
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
State v. M'Donald 4 Port. 449 1837 0 Indictment for Conspiraring with an Enslaved Person to Start a Rebellion Alabama
Williamson v Hill 6 Port. 184 1837 0 Contract dispute Alabama
James v. Bird's Adm'r 35 Va. 510 1837 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Woodford 35 Va. 316 1837 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Portis v. Creagh 4 Port. 332 1837 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Hall v. M'Henry 5 Port. 123 1837 0 Trespass Alabama
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Pocock v. Hendricks 8 G. & J. 421 1837 0 Maryland
Baird v. Brady 19 N.C. 341 1837 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Davis v. Gully 19 N.C. 360 1837 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Ham v. Ham 21 N.C. 598 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Vanhook v. Vanhook 21 N.C. 589 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina