Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Louisiana
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 North Carolina
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Louisiana
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Louisiana
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 North Carolina
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
McDonald v. McLeod 36 N.C. 221 1840 0 North Carolina
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland