Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 North Carolina
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
Tapp's Adm'r v. Rankin 36 Va. 172 1838 1 Virginia
Barkeloo v. Randall 4 Blackf. 476 1838 1 Indiana
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Alabama
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Alabama
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland
Scates v. Wilson & Edmunds 36 Va. 170 1838 1 Virginia
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Delaware
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 North Carolina
Burkhead v. Colson 22 N.C. 77 1838 0 North Carolina
White v. Toncray 36 Va. 128 1838 1 Virginia
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 224 1838 1 Virginia
St. John v. O'Connel 7 Port. 466 1838 0 Alabama