Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Knowles v. Lord 4 Whart. 500 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Haxall's Ex'ors v. Shippen 37 Va. 536 1839 1 Virginia
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Commonwealth v. Woodson 36 Va. 234 1839 1 Virginia
Mims v. Mims 20 Tenn. 425 1839 1 Tennessee
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Hibler v. Servoss 6 Mo. 24 1839 1 Missouri
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Garland v. Agee's Adm'r 34 Va. 362 1839 1 Virginia
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Maples ex rel. Broughton v. Maples 14 S.C. Eq. 300 1839 1 South Carolina
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont