Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Baird v. Lent 8 Watts 422 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina