Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 Breach of Contract United States
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 Assault/Battery, False Imprisonment United States
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 Injunctiuons United States
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Dentinue in finding enslaved persons Arkansas
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee