Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Towner v. Lane's Adm'r 36 Va. 101 1838 1 Virginia
Beers, Booth & St. John v. Spooner 36 Va. 64 1838 1 Virginia
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
The Reeside 20 F. Cas. 458 1837 1 United States
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina
Merrill v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road 16 Wend. 586 1837 1 New York
State v. Love 19 N.C. 267 1837 1 North Carolina