Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wooldridge v. Wilkins 4 Miss. 360 1839 1 Mississippi
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
White v. White 20 N.C. 401 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Will & Trust SC of Judicature of New York
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
M'Clung v. Beirne 37 Va. 349 1839 1 Virginia
Garland v. Agee's Adm'r 34 Va. 362 1839 1 Virginia
Davison v. Wolf 9 Ohio 73 1839 1 Ohio
Terrell v. Imboden 37 Va. 321 1839 1 Virginia