Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 General Ct of VA
Runyon v. Leary 20 N.C. 231 1839 0 North Carolina
Chaffin v. Chaffin 22 N.C. 255 1839 0 North Carolina
Norwood v. Marrow 20 N.C. 442 1839 0 North Carolina
Pearson v. Daniel 22 N.C. 360 1839 0 North Carolina
Magruder v. Stewart's Administrators 5 Miss. 204 1839 0 Mississippi
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Mississippi
James v. Tait 8 Port. 476 1839 0 Alabama
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Alabama
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 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
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Bibb v. M'Kinley 9 Port. 636 1839 0 Alabama
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 North Carolina
White v. White 20 N.C. 401 1839 0 North Carolina