Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nor v. Taylor 13 La. 249 1839 0 Property, sales, contracts, breach, wills, mortgages, promissory notes, damages Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, promissory notes Louisiana
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Promissory notes, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty, debts Louisiana
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person 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
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person 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
Vick's Ex'or v. M'Daniel 4 Miss. 337 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Mississippi
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina