Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 wills & Estates North Carolina
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, privileges, mortgages, contracts Louisiana
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Partnership dispute Connecticut
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Quinn v. Green 36 N.C. 229 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 Sales North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Rogers v. Winton 21 Tenn. 178 1840 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 Freedom Suit/ Will United States
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 Deeds North Carolina
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana