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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Guerin v. Bagneries 13 La. 14 1839 0 Louisiana
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Louisiana
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Louisiana
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Louisiana
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Alabama
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 North Carolina
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA