Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 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
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States