Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Brasher 9 Port. 438 1839 0 Conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
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
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 Fieri Facias United States
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 Mortgage dispute United States
Ned v. State 7 Port. 187 1838 0 Alabama
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont