Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 Action of replevin SC of Appeals VA
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Burch 5 D.C. 553 1839 0 Assault/Battery, False Imprisonment United States
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 Action to impeach a settled account SC of Appeals VA
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Dentinue in finding enslaved persons Arkansas
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Jackson v. Jackson 37 Va. 448 1839 0 Action for assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia