Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine