Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hoskins v. Wilson 20 N.C. 243 1839 0 North Carolina
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 North Carolina
Falls v. Gaither 9 Port. 605 1839 0 Alabama
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
Hays v. Hays 20 Tenn. 402 1839 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Hauser v. Lash 22 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Mississippi
Baldwin v. Criswell 14 La. 166 1839 0 Louisiana
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Alabama
Webb v. Bumpass 9 Port. 201 1839 0 Alabama
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee