Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Worth v. Curtis 15 Me. 228 1839 1 Maine
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property 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
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Smith v. Addison 5 D.C. 623 1839 1 United States
Smith v. Addison 22 F. Cas. 416 1839 1 United States
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama