Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Property, syndics, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Sales, recission, succession, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 13 La. 143 1839 0 Parol evidence, sales, property, leases, seizure, damages, eviction, mortgages Louisiana
Scott's Executrix v. Gorton's Executor 14 La. 115 1839 0 Sales, successions, redhibition, damages, partition Louisiana
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Conversion, Louisiana
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Dentinue in finding enslaved persons Arkansas
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia