Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania