Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Failure to deliver slave District Court, E.D. PA.
Den ex dem. Abrahams v. English 17 N.J.L. 280 1839 Will & trust New Jersey
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Indictment for concealing enslaved person Alabama
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 Breach of Contract United States
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 Assault/Battery, False Imprisonment United States
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
White v. White 20 N.C. 401 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Falls v. Gaither 9 Port. 605 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, promissory notes Louisiana
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Bumpass 9 Port. 201 1839 0 Expose to sale Alabama
Waters v. Duvall 11 G. & J. 37 1839 0 Maryland