Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Davison v. Wolf 9 Ohio 73 1839 1 Ohio
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania