Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Louisiana
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Louisiana
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Louisiana
Young v. Robinson 11 G. & J. 328 1840 0 Maryland
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Poindexter v. Blackburn 36 N.C. 286 1840 0 North Carolina
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Warnick v. Michael 11 G. & J. 153 1840 0 Maryland
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana