Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
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
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Hervey v. Harvey 15 Me. 357 1839 1 Maine
Terrell v. Imboden 37 Va. 321 1839 1 Virginia
Garland v. Agee's Adm'r 34 Va. 362 1839 1 Virginia
Sailor v. Hertzog 4 Whart. 259 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Davison v. Wolf 9 Ohio 73 1839 1 Ohio
M'Clung v. Beirne 37 Va. 349 1839 1 Virginia
Mims v. Mims 20 Tenn. 425 1839 1 Tennessee