Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Addison 5 D.C. 623 1839 1 United States
Smith v. Addison 22 F. Cas. 416 1839 1 United States
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment 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
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
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
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
M'Clung v. Beirne 37 Va. 349 1839 1 Virginia
Garland v. Agee's Adm'r 34 Va. 362 1839 1 Virginia