Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 North Carolina
Graham v. Torrance 36 N.C. 210 1840 0 North Carolina
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Boon v. Rea 36 N.C. 71 1840 0 North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 North Carolina
Bonner v. Latham 23 N.C. 271 1840 0 North Carolina
White v. Pettijohn 23 N.C. 52 1840 0 North Carolina
Saunders v. Ferrill 23 N.C. 97 1840 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Young v. Robinson 11 G. & J. 328 1840 0 Maryland
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Louisiana
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee