Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins v. Carlton 37 Va. 560 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Dawson v. Dawson's Ex'or 37 Va. 602 1840 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware