Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mims v. Parker 1 Ala. 421 1840 0 Debt dispute Alabama
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
Dawson v. Dawson's Ex'or 37 Va. 602 1840 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Rogers v. Winton 21 Tenn. 178 1840 0 Tennessee
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Black v. Oliver 1 Ala. 449 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York