Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
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
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
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 Injunctiuons United States
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee