Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Woodson 36 Va. 234 1839 1 Virginia
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment 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
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Pierce's Adm'r v. Trigg's Heirs 37 Va. 406 1839 1 Virginia
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina