Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Louisiana
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Mississippi
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Alabama
M'Graw v Davenport 6 Port. 319 1838 0 Alabama
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 United States
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Caton v. MacTavish 10 G. & J. 192 1838 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Angus v. Dickerson 19 Tenn. 459 1838 0 Tennessee
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 North Carolina
Whitesides v. Williams 22 N.C. 153 1838 0 North Carolina
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Mississippi
Wood v. Jones 19 Tenn. 513 1838 0 Tennessee
Popelston v. Skinner 20 N.C. 156 1838 0 North Carolina
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thomas 22 N.C. 126 1838 0 North Carolina
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Chevis 36 Va. 112 1838 1 Virginia