Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia