Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Newton v. Poole 39 Va. 112 1841 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Nix 38 Va. 636 1841 0 Selling a free man as a slave General Ct. of VA
Lowry v. Hall 2 Watts & Serg. 129 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Gibbs vs. Marsh 43 Mass. 243 1841 1 Massachusetts
Little v. Beazley 2 Ala. 703 1841 1 Alabama
Hart v. New Orleans & Carrollton Rail Road 1 Rob. 178 1841 1 Louisiana
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Wendell v. Safford 12 N.H. 171 1841 1 New Hampshire
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Charlton v. Gardner 38 Va. 281 1840 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 Suit for freedom General Ct. of VA
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts