Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Warnick v. Michael 11 G. & J. 153 1840 0 Maryland
Harriss v. Mabry 23 N.C. 240 1840 0 North Carolina
Gunter v. Thomas 36 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Griffin v. Pleasant 36 N.C. 152 1840 0 North Carolina
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 North Carolina
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Louisiana
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina