Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Delaware
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 North Carolina
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 North Carolina
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
M'Cutchen's Adm'rs v. M'Cutchen 9 Port. 650 1839 0 Alabama
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Alabama
Den ex dem. Abrahams v. English 17 N.J.L. 280 1839 New Jersey
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 General Ct of VA