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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Alabama
Vanhook v. Vanhook 21 N.C. 589 1837 0 North Carolina
Ham v. Ham 21 N.C. 598 1837 0 North Carolina
Mahala v. State 18 Tenn. 532 1837 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Bonner 35 Va. 1 1837 1 Virginia
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Mississippi
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Hall v. M'Henry 5 Port. 123 1837 0 Alabama
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 SC of PA.
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Williamson v. Beckman 35 Va. 20 1837 1 Virginia
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 United States
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Dickerson 18 Tenn. 373 1837 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Shurtleff v. Willard 36 Mass. 202 1837 1 Massachusetts
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut