Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 Recovery for support of slave New Jersey
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Partnership dispute Connecticut
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Bill to redeem enslaved persons Alabama
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 Freedom Suit/ Will United States
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina