Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 Will & trust New Jersey
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Successions, debts, attorney's fees, sales, property Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Huston's Adm'r v. Cantril 38 Va. 136 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Wills/ United States
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Andrus 16 La. 15 1840 0 Torts, contracts, property Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 revocatory action, property, debts, sales, fraud, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana