Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York