Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 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
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States