Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Watkins v. Carlton 37 Va. 560 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Ransone v. Frayser's Ex'ors 37 Va. 592 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Replevin for enslaved persons Arkansas
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Black v. Oliver 1 Ala. 449 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Mims v. Parker 1 Ala. 421 1840 0 Debt dispute Alabama
Rogers v. Winton 21 Tenn. 178 1840 0 Tennessee
Douthitt's Administrator v. Douthitt 1 Ala. 594 1840 0 Property dispute Alabama
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Bill to redeem enslaved persons Alabama
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee