Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Anderson v. Lincoln 6 Miss. 279 1840 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Armor v. Huie 14 La. 346 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Randolph's Ex'or v. Tucker 37 Va. 655 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Successions, property, emancipation, legitimacy, wills, conflict of laws, capacity, sales Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Sales, petitory action, delivery, warranty, mandate, agency, prescription, property Louisiana
Barker v. Wanzer 6 Miss. 290 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Drake v. Collins 6 Miss. 253 1840 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Injunction, sales, successions, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, seizure, sales, recission, promissory notes, warranty, damages Louisiana
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Edgerton v. McRea 6 Miss. 183 1840 0 Bill of sale for slaves dispute Mississippi
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Hoy v. Couch 6 Miss. 188 1840 0 Right of property dispute Mississippi
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee