Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Rentfrow v. Shaw 5 Miss. 651 1840 0 Exchange of property dispute Mississippi
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 Deeds North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 Estates North Carolina
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Gregory v. Beasley 36 N.C. 25 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 wills & Estates North Carolina
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia