Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Chevis 36 Va. 112 1838 1 Virginia
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
Case v. Riker 10 Vt. 482 1838 1 Vermont
Beers, Booth & St. John v. Spooner 36 Va. 64 1838 1 Virginia
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
Towner v. Lane's Adm'r 36 Va. 101 1838 1 Virginia
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Turpin v. Povall 35 Va. 93 1837 1 Virginia
Janey v. Blake's Adm'r 35 Va. 88 1837 1 Virginia
Douglass v. Fagg 35 Va. 588 1837 1 Virginia
Hoffman v. Coster 2 Whart. 453 1837 1 Pennsylvania