Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wrights v. Oldham 35 Va. 306 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
May v. Boisseau 35 Va. 164 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Alabama
Hatchell v. Odom 19 N.C. 302 1837 0 North Carolina
Hinton v. Hinton 21 N.C. 587 1837 0 North Carolina
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Tyrrell v. Morris 21 N.C. 559 1837 0 North Carolina
Chapman v. Morris 9 G. & J. 101 1837 0 Maryland
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Davis v. Gully 19 N.C. 360 1837 0 North Carolina
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 United States
Fisher v. Allen 3 Miss. 611 1837 0 Mississippi
Lewis's Adm'rs v. Farrish & Stamp's Administrators 2 Miss. 547 1837 0 Mississippi
Nevett v. Berry 18 F. Cas. 27 1837 0 United States
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Alabama
Wood v. Bruce 9 G. & J. 215 1837 0 Maryland
Harriett v. Ridgely 9 G. & J. 174 1837 0 Maryland
Clayton v. Liverman 19 N.C. 558 1837 0 North Carolina