Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 Sales North Carolina
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
McMurran v. Soria 5 Miss. 154 1839 0 Note of sale dispute Mississippi
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Action to recover slaves Mississippi
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Franklin Bank v. Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland Steam Navigation Co. 11 G. & J. 28 1839 0 Maryland
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Fisher & Johnson v. Campbell 9 Port. 210 1839 0 Purchase of property disptue Alabama
State v. Saunders 9 Port. 326 1839 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
James v. Tait 8 Port. 476 1839 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Indictment for concealing enslaved person Alabama
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Hays v. Hays 20 Tenn. 402 1839 0 Tennessee