Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Wills/ United States
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Partnership dispute Connecticut
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 wills & Estates North Carolina
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 Will & trust New Jersey
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Rentfrow v. Shaw 5 Miss. 651 1840 0 Exchange of property dispute Mississippi
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
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