Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. New York
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Sutton v. Craddock 36 N.C. 134 1840 0 Property Interests North Carolina