Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
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
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia