Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Property restoration Mississippi
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Glidewell v. Hite 6 Miss. 110 1840 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Rogers v. Winton 21 Tenn. 178 1840 0 Tennessee
Dawson v. Dawson's Ex'or 37 Va. 602 1840 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
London v. Turner 38 Va. 403 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Walton v. Erwin 36 N.C. 136 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina