Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 North Carolina
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Louisiana
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 North Carolina
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Arkansas
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Alabama
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 North Carolina
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 North Carolina
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 North Carolina