Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Phillips v. Lane 5 Miss. 122 1839 0 Conversion of property dispute Mississippi
Barelli v. Hagan 13 La. 580 1839 0 Contribution, property Louisiana
Rochelle v. Harrison 8 Port. 351 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Tally v. Tally 22 N.C. 385 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Damages, seizure, sales, injunction, trespass Louisiana
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Property, petitory action, damages, donations, contracts, breach, sequestration Louisiana
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Conversion, Louisiana
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee