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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Mississippi
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Hatton v. Weems 10 G. & J. 377 1839 0 Maryland
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Arkansas
Waters v. Duvall 11 G. & J. 37 1839 0 Maryland
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Minter v. Bigelow 9 Port. 481 1839 0 Alabama
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Alabama
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Louisiana
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Louisiana
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 North Carolina
Petway v. Powell 22 N.C. 308 1839 0 North Carolina
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 North Carolina
Chaffin v. Chaffin 22 N.C. 255 1839 0 North Carolina
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi