Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rochelle v. Harrison 8 Port. 351 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Indictment for concealing enslaved person Alabama
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Clarke v. Dunnavant 37 Va. 13 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Smith v. Addison 5 D.C. 623 1839 1 United States
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Smith v. Addison 22 F. Cas. 416 1839 1 United States
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Raymond v. Fisher 6 Mo. 29 1839 1 Missouri
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama