Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 Recovery for support of slave New Jersey
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
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