Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lindsay v. King 3 Port. 406 1836 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Underwood v. Brockman 34 Ky. 309 1836 0 Kentucky
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Hamilton v. Franklin 4 D.C. 729 1836 0 Contracts United States
Nichols v. Aylor 34 Va. 546 1836 1 Virginia
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Hayes v. Goode 34 Va. 452 1836 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
United States v. West 5 D.C. 35 1836 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States
John v. Morton 8 G. & J. 391 1836 0 Maryland
Carey v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 13 1836 0 Municipal Corporations/Municpal Law United States
Harris v. Firth 4 D.C. 710 1836 0 Freedom Petition United States
Robertson v. Beavers 3 Port. 385 1836 0 Negligence Against Sheriff for not Making Deed in Execution Alabama
Derrick v. Kennedy 4 Port. 41 1836 0 Trespass Alabama
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
Knight v. Wall 19 N.C. 125 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bank of the United States v. Smith 4 D.C. 712 1836 0 United States
Manning v. Cox 4 D.C. 693 1836 0 Implied and Constructive contracts United States
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
United States v. Carter 4 D.C. 732 1836 0 Indictment at common law against a freedman will lie not withstanding Act 12.17.1792 sec 17. - this act that denotes the punishment for blacks in virginia for assault. United States
Swoope v. Trotter 4 Port. 27 1836 0 Property dispute Alabama