Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Commonwealth v. Woodson 36 Va. 234 1839 1 Virginia
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Sailor v. Hertzog 4 Whart. 259 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts