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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williamson v Hill 6 Port. 184 1837 0 Alabama
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Harriett v. Ridgely 9 G. & J. 174 1837 0 Maryland
Cross v. Black 9 G. & J. 198 1837 0 Maryland
Pocock v. Hendricks 8 G. & J. 421 1837 0 Maryland
Martin v. Harbin 19 N.C. 504 1837 0 North Carolina
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Alabama
Wood v. Bruce 9 G. & J. 215 1837 0 Maryland
Bethell v. Moore 19 N.C. 311 1837 0 North Carolina
Peggy v. Wilson 9 G. & J. 169 1837 0 Maryland
Clayton v. Liverman 19 N.C. 558 1837 0 North Carolina
Davis v. Gully 19 N.C. 360 1837 0 North Carolina
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
State v. Cook 22 S.C.L. 234 1837 0 South Carolina
Hope v. Hutchins 9 G. & J. 77 1837 0 Maryland
The Etna 8 F. Cas. 803 1838 0 District Court, D. Maine
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA