Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lupton v. Janney 38 U.S. 381 1839 1 United States
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 North Carolina
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Mississippi
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 North Carolina
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Alabama