Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
M'Kay v. Williams 21 N.C. 398 1836 0 North Carolina
John v. Morton 8 G. & J. 391 1836 0 Maryland
Stone v. Dennis 3 Port. 231 1836 0 Alabama
Carey v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 13 1836 0 United States
Banks v. Botts 10 La. 42 1836 0 Louisiana
Blue v. Patterson 21 N.C. 457 1836 0 North Carolina
State v. Ritchie 19 N.C. 29 1836 0 North Carolina
Knight v. Leak 19 N.C. 133 1836 0 North Carolina
Berthoud's Heirs v. Unruh 9 La. 180 1836 0 Louisiana
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
Philadelphia Library Co. v. Ingham 1 Whart. 72 1836 1 Pennsylvania