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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Clayton v. Liverman 19 N.C. 558 1837 0 North Carolina
United States v. Farrell 5 D.C. 311 1837 0 United States
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Callaway v. Alexander 35 Va. 114 1837 1 Virginia
Watkins v. Dean 18 Tenn. 321 1837 0 Tennessee
Morrill v. Wallace 9 N.H. 111 1837 1 New Hampshire
Wood v. Bruce 9 G. & J. 215 1837 0 Maryland
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Louisiana
M'Cormick v. Crall 6 Watts 207 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 North Carolina
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Locke v. Armstrong 22 N.C. 147 1838 0 North Carolina
Wood v. Jones 19 Tenn. 513 1838 0 Tennessee
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland