Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Louisiana
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Alabama
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Mississippi
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Louisiana
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Alabama
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 North Carolina
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Louisiana
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Mississippi
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Mississippi
Magruder v. Stewart's Administrators 5 Miss. 204 1839 0 Mississippi
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Arkansas
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 General Ct of VA
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Louisiana