Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Alabama
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 United States
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Clark v. Bigelow 16 Me. 246 1839 1 Maine
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina