Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee