Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Falls v. Gaither 9 Port. 605 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 Action of replevin SC of Appeals VA
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Indictment for concealing enslaved person Alabama
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama