Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McFarland's Administrators v. Clark 39 Ky. 134 1839 1 Kentucky
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Baker v. Morris's Adm'r 37 Va. 285 1839 1 Virginia
Lupton v. Janney 38 U.S. 381 1839 1 United States
Haxall's Ex'ors v. Shippen 37 Va. 536 1839 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Pierce's Adm'r v. Trigg's Heirs 37 Va. 406 1839 1 Virginia
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Laidley v. Merrifield 34 Va. 346 1839 1 Virginia
Worth v. Curtis 15 Me. 228 1839 1 Maine
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Wooldridge v. Wilkins 4 Miss. 360 1839 1 Mississippi
Burton v. Smith 38 U.S. 464 1839 1 United States
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina