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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
Wilson v. Barnett 9 G. & J. 158 1837 0 Maryland
Bland v. Dowling 9 G. & J. 19 1837 0 Maryland
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Wright v. Rogers 9 G. & J. 181 1837 0 Maryland
M'Burney v. Flagg 11 La. 333 1837 0 Louisiana
Hope v. Hutchins 9 G. & J. 77 1837 0 Maryland
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Chapman v. Morris 9 G. & J. 101 1837 0 Maryland
Clagett v. Hall 9 G. & J. 80 1837 0 Maryland
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Alabama
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee