Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clark v. Williams 21 Tenn. 303 1841 1 Tennessee
Fiske v. Carr 20 Me. 301 1841 1 Maine
Comfort v. Mather 2 Watts & Serg. 450 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Robertson v. Gaines 21 Tenn. 367 1841 1 Tennessee
Ritter v. Fox 6 Whart. 99 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Gray v. Crook 12 G. & J. 236 1841 1 Maryland
People v. McLeod 1 Hill & Den. 377 1841 1 New York
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Alabama