Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
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