Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Austin Parker & Co. v. Gordon 23 S.C.L. 270 1838 1 South Carolina
Morris v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 224 1838 1 Virginia
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
Regents of the University of Maryland v. Williams 9 G. & J. 365 1838 1 Maryland
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Tapp's Adm'r v. Rankin 36 Va. 172 1838 1 Virginia
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Case v. Riker 10 Vt. 482 1838 1 Vermont
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Chapman v. Chevis 36 Va. 112 1838 1 Virginia
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
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