Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 Breach of Contract United States
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 Injunctiuons United States
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 Assault/Battery, False Imprisonment United States
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
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
Clark v. Bigelow 16 Me. 246 1839 1 Maine
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut