Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilchrist v. Buie 21 N.C. 346 1836 0 North Carolina
Evans v. Merriken 8 G. & J. 39 1836 0 Maryland
Darden v. Maget 18 N.C. 498 1836 0 North Carolina
Adm'r of Spence v. Whitaker 3 Port. 297 1836 1 Alabama
Jones v. Ward 18 Tenn. 160 1836 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Ex'ors of Morris 3 Port. 249 1836 0 Alabama
Gray v. Bowls 18 N.C. 437 1836 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Cummins v. Colgin 3 Port. 393 1836 1 Alabama
United States v. West 5 D.C. 35 1836 0 United States
M'Cormick's Adm'r v. M'Cormick 34 Va. 66 1836 1 Virginia
Thornton v. Davenport 2 Ill. 296 1836 1 Illinois
Kincannon v. Carroll 17 Tenn. 11 1836 1 Tennessee
State v. Gorham 11 Conn. 233 1836 1 Connecticut
United States v. Fenwick 4 D.C. 675 1836 1 United States
Guerrant v. Hocker 34 Va. 366 1836 1 Virginia
Ley v. Union Canal 5 Watts 104 1836 1 Pennsylvania
Taylor v. Tillotson 16 Wend. 494 1836 1 New York
Andruss v. Doolittle 11 Conn. 283 1836 1 Connecticut
The Bee 3 F. Cas. 41 1836 1 United States