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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Delaware
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Alabama
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Alabama
State v. Hoover 20 N.C. 365 1839 0 North Carolina
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Alabama
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Alabama
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Bibb v. M'Kinley 9 Port. 636 1839 0 Alabama
Vick's Ex'or v. M'Daniel 4 Miss. 337 1839 0 Mississippi
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Alabama