Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Case v. Riker 10 Vt. 482 1838 1 Vermont