Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut