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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 North Carolina
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 North Carolina
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Mississippi
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Mississippi
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Mississippi
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Mississippi
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Mississippi
Black v. Oliver 1 Ala. 449 1840 0 Alabama
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mississippi
Rentfrow v. Shaw 5 Miss. 651 1840 0 Mississippi
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Arkansas
Gregory v. Beasley 36 N.C. 25 1840 0 North Carolina
Quinn v. Green 36 N.C. 229 1840 0 North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 North Carolina
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 North Carolina
Randolph's Ex'or v. Tucker 37 Va. 655 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Mississippi
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Louisiana