Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Moncure v. Dermott 38 U.S. 345 1839 1 United States
Garland v. Agee's Adm'r 34 Va. 362 1839 1 Virginia
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Hibler v. Servoss 6 Mo. 24 1839 1 Missouri
Wooldridge v. Wilkins 4 Miss. 360 1839 1 Mississippi
Pierce's Adm'r v. Trigg's Heirs 37 Va. 406 1839 1 Virginia
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Laidley v. Merrifield 34 Va. 346 1839 1 Virginia
Knowles v. Lord 4 Whart. 500 1839 1 Pennsylvania