Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Wills/ United States
Ex parte Jones 1 Ala. 15 1840 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 Admiralty United States
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Torts, slander, jury instructions, malice, evidence, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina