Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brumfield v. Cunningham 14 La. 264 1840 0 Louisiana
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Alabama
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina