Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rentfrow v. Shaw 5 Miss. 651 1840 0 Exchange of property dispute Mississippi
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Black v. Oliver 1 Ala. 449 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 wills & Estates North Carolina
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
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 Deeds North Carolina
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Gregory v. Beasley 36 N.C. 25 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Partnership dispute Connecticut
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Quinn v. Green 36 N.C. 229 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina