Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wood v. Jones 19 Tenn. 513 1838 0 Tennessee
Vawter v. Gill 12 La. 423 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, recission, damages Louisiana
Ricks v. Dillahunty 8 Port. 133 1838 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Copewood v. Taylor's adm'r 7 Port. 33 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 Fieri Facias United States
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Miars v. Bedgood Ex'or of Fulgham 36 Va. 133 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA