Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Laidley v. Merrifield 34 Va. 346 1839 1 Virginia
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 North Carolina
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 United States
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine