Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. New York
Sutton v. Craddock 36 N.C. 134 1840 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York