Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Brawley v. Catron 35 Va. 522 1837 1 Virginia
Woodsides v. State 3 Miss. 655 1837 1 Mississippi
Towner v. Lane's Adm'r 36 Va. 101 1838 1 Virginia
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina