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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Louisiana
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 North Carolina
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
Underwood's Case 21 Tenn. 46 1840 0 Tennessee
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Louisiana
Boon v. Rea 36 N.C. 71 1840 0 North Carolina
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
Blacknall v. Wyche 23 N.C. 94 1840 0 North Carolina
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Louisiana