Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia