Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
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
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
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Raymond v. Fisher 6 Mo. 29 1839 1 Missouri
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Smith v. Addison 22 F. Cas. 416 1839 1 United States
Smith v. Addison 5 D.C. 623 1839 1 United States
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania