Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York