Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Louisiana
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 North Carolina
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Louisiana
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Louisiana
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Louisiana
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Louisiana
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine