Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
Fisher v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 673 1840 0 Unlawfully employing a free person of color General Ct. of VA
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Huston's Adm'r v. Cantril 38 Va. 136 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Blackburn 36 N.C. 286 1840 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Powell v. Aiken & Gwinn 18 La. 321 1841 0 Property, intervenor, debts, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Cripps v. Mudd 6 F. Cas. 814 1841 0 Wills/ Parol Evidence United States
Hamletts v. Hamlett's Ex'ors 39 Va. 350 1841 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gillispie v. Day 19 La. 263 1841 0 Successions, sales, witness testimony, property Louisiana
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Resoration of slaves Texas
State ex rel. Stanly v. McGowen 37 N.C. 9 1841 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Mitaine v. Ferguson 18 La. 92 1841 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, sequestration Louisiana
Barrett v. Bullard 19 La. 281 1841 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Owen v. Sharp 39 Va. 427 1841 0 Fraudulent bill SC of Appeals VA
Pigg v. Corder 39 Va. 69 1841 0 Specific performance SC of Appeals VA
Ware v. W'Candlish 38 Va. 595 1841 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA