Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
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
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York