Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 North Carolina
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Louisiana
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Louisiana
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina