Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hart v. Wright 17 Wend. 267 1837 1 New York
Rohr v. Davis 36 Va. 22 1837 1 Virginia
Cockerham v. Davis 5 Port. 220 1837 1 Alabama
Tapp's Adm'r v. Rankin 36 Va. 172 1838 1 Virginia
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Chapman v. Chevis 36 Va. 112 1838 1 Virginia
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
Blanton v. King 3 Miss. 856 1838 1 Mississippi
Regents of the University of Maryland v. Williams 9 G. & J. 365 1838 1 Maryland
Camp v. Bates 13 Conn. 1 1838 1 Connecticut
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
White v. Toncray 36 Va. 128 1838 1 Virginia
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Kayser v. Disher 36 Va. 132 1838 1 Virginia
Austin Parker & Co. v. Gordon 23 S.C.L. 270 1838 1 South Carolina
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana