Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mastin v. Waugh 19 N.C. 517 1837 1 North Carolina
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Eddy v. Traver 6 Paige Ch. 521 1837 1 New York
Hatchell v. Odom 19 N.C. 302 1837 0 North Carolina
Beale v. Seiveley 35 Va. 658 1837 1 Virginia
Callaway v. Alexander 35 Va. 114 1837 1 Virginia
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Garland v. Harrison 35 Va. 368 1837 1 Virginia
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 United States
Hinton v. Hinton 21 N.C. 587 1837 0 North Carolina
Pocock v. Hendricks 8 G. & J. 421 1837 0 Maryland
Hutchcraft's Administrator v. Tilford 35 Ky. 353 1837 1 Kentucky
Goddin v. Crump 35 Va. 120 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Van Wyck v. Seward 18 Wend. 198 1837 1 New York
Janey v. Blake's Adm'r 35 Va. 88 1837 1 Virginia
Hoffman v. Coster 2 Whart. 453 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Turpin v. Povall 35 Va. 93 1837 1 Virginia
Douglass v. Fagg 35 Va. 588 1837 1 Virginia
Clark v. Banner 21 N.C. 608 1837 1 North Carolina