Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
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