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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bray's Executrix v. Bray 16 La. 352 1840 0 Louisiana
Petrovic v. Hyde 16 La. 223 1840 0 Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 16 La. 358 1840 0 Louisiana
Hoover v. Glasscock 16 La. 242 1840 0 Louisiana
Thomas v. Generis 16 La. 483 1840 0 Louisiana
Armor v. Lewis 16 La. 331 1840 0 Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Louisiana
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Louisiana
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Louisiana
Forsyth v. Despierris's Executors 15 La. 215 1840 0 Louisiana
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Civil Connecticut
Woodward v. Dashiell 15 La. 184 1840 0 Louisiana
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 United States
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA