Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Glidewell v. Hite 6 Miss. 110 1840 0 Mississippi
Bank of Mississippi v. Catlett's Executors 6 Miss. 175 1840 0 Mississippi
Gregory v. Beasley 36 N.C. 25 1840 0 North Carolina
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Arkansas
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 North Carolina
Quinn v. Green 36 N.C. 229 1840 0 North Carolina
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 North Carolina
Harriss v. Mabry 23 N.C. 240 1840 0 North Carolina
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Black v. Oliver 1 Ala. 449 1840 0 Alabama
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Young v. Robinson 11 G. & J. 328 1840 0 Maryland
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 North Carolina
Clapp v. Mandeville 6 Miss. 197 1840 0 Mississippi
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 United States
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Kentucky