Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Saunders 9 Port. 326 1839 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 Action of replevin SC of Appeals VA
Hogan v. Thorington 8 Port. 428 1839 0 False Warranty Alabama
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Raymond v. Fisher 6 Mo. 29 1839 1 Missouri
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Addison 22 F. Cas. 416 1839 1 United States
Smith v. Addison 5 D.C. 623 1839 1 United States
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 Injunctiuons United States
Jackson v. Jackson 37 Va. 448 1839 0 Action for assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland