Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Torts, damages, witness testimony, negligence Louisiana
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 Injunctiuons United States
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Petroux v. Chasal 13 La. 459 1839 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
M'Cutchen's Adm'rs v. M'Cutchen 9 Port. 650 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Minter v. Bigelow 9 Port. 481 1839 0 Property dispute Alabama
Hales v. Griffin 22 N.C. 425 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Community property, property, sales, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wiggs v. Saunders 20 N.C. 480 1839 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut
Fisher & Johnson v. Campbell 9 Port. 210 1839 0 Purchase of property disptue Alabama
Den on dem. Zollicoffer v. Zollicoffer 20 N.C. 438 1839 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Baptiste, F. W. C. v. Soulie, F. W. C. 13 La. 268 1839 0 Sales, recission, damages, redhibition, promissory notes, prescription, evidence Louisiana
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia