Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
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
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina