Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sailor v. Hertzog 4 Whart. 259 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama