Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Raymond v. Fisher 6 Mo. 29 1839 1 Missouri
State v. Saunders 9 Port. 326 1839 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Hogan v. Thorington 8 Port. 428 1839 0 False Warranty Alabama
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Dentinue in finding enslaved persons Arkansas
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