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
Tally v. Tally 22 N.C. 385 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Wiggs v. Saunders 20 N.C. 480 1839 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Munnerlin v. Birmingham 22 N.C. 358 1839 0 Sales North Carolina
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
Robinson v. Windham 9 Port. 397 1839 0 False warranty of a enslaved person Alabama
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Clarke v. Dunnavant 37 Va. 13 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Damages, seizure, sales, injunction, trespass Louisiana
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
James v. Tait 8 Port. 476 1839 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama