Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Huston's Adm'r v. Cantril 38 Va. 136 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 Recovery for support of slave New Jersey
Walker v. Bradley 2 Ark. 578 1840 0 Action to levy enslaved persons Arkansas
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 Injunctiuons United States
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina