Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
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
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama