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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 Sales North Carolina
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Indictment for Stealing Enslaved Persons Alabama
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Clarke v. Dunnavant 37 Va. 13 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA