Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Floyd v. Thompson 20 N.C. 478 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Edney 20 N.C. 378 1839 0 Bail North Carolina
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Falls v. Gaither 9 Port. 605 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Johnson v. Richey 5 Miss. 233 1839 0 Trustee dispute Mississippi
Minter v. Bigelow 9 Port. 481 1839 0 Property dispute 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
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Addison 22 F. Cas. 416 1839 1 United States
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania