Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Seekright on Demise of Gore v. Lawson 35 Va. 458 1836 1 Virginia
Rider v. Nelson & Albemarle Union Factory 34 Va. 154 1836 1 Virginia
Charles v. State 3 Port. 440 1836 0 Alabama
Bank of the Valley v. Stribling's Ex'or 34 Va. 26 1836 1 Virginia
Haden v. Garden 34 Va. 157 1836 1 Virginia
Galt v. Dibrell 18 Tenn. 146 1836 0 Tennessee
Shaw v. Smith 17 Tenn. 97 1836 0 Tennessee
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
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
United States v. Frye 25 F. Cas. 1222 1835 0 Manslaughter United States
United States v. Battiste 24 F. Cas. 1042 1835 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Edwards v. Barksdale 11 S.C. Eq. 184 1835 1 South Carolina
Taylor v. Buckner 23 F. Cas. 737 1835 0 Freedom Suit/ Petition United States