Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut
Sailor v. Hertzog 4 Whart. 259 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland