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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 North Carolina
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Louisiana
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Boyle v. Townes 36 Va. 66 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee
Beers, Booth & St. John v. Spooner 36 Va. 64 1838 1 Virginia
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Case v. Riker 10 Vt. 482 1838 1 Vermont
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
White v. Toncray 36 Va. 128 1838 1 Virginia
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland