Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 North Carolina
Trustees of McIntire Poor School v. Zanesville Canal & Manufacturing Co. 9 Ohio 203 1839 1 Ohio
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Lupton v. Janney 38 U.S. 381 1839 1 United States
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 North Carolina
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio