Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chaffin v. Chaffin 22 N.C. 255 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tewksbury v. Tewksbury 5 Miss. 109 1839 0 Martial property dispute Mississippi
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Runyon v. Leary 20 N.C. 231 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Pickard v. Brewer 22 N.C. 428 1839 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Privileges, successions, debts, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, subrogation Louisiana
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Successions, community property, property, sales, promissory notes, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Property, sales, removal, fraud, mortgages, damages Louisiana
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 115 1839 0 Sales, successions, redhibition, damages, partition Louisiana