Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Poindexter v. Blackburn 36 N.C. 286 1840 0 North Carolina
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
McDonald v. McLeod 36 N.C. 221 1840 0 North Carolina
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 North Carolina
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Young v. Robinson 11 G. & J. 328 1840 0 Maryland
Rogers v. Winton 21 Tenn. 178 1840 0 Tennessee
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Louisiana
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Warnick v. Michael 11 G. & J. 153 1840 0 Maryland
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 North Carolina
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Louisiana
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina