Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 Action to impeach a settled account SC of Appeals VA
Jackson v. Jackson 37 Va. 448 1839 0 Action for assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Bibb v. M'Kinley 9 Port. 636 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 Action of replevin SC of Appeals VA
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee