Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment 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
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 Writ of habeus corpus SC of Appeals VA
Pierce's Adm'r v. Trigg's Heirs 37 Va. 406 1839 1 Virginia
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Wooldridge v. Wilkins 4 Miss. 360 1839 1 Mississippi
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States