Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina