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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Louisiana
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 North Carolina
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Boon v. Rea 36 N.C. 71 1840 0 North Carolina
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Louisiana
Griffin v. Pleasant 36 N.C. 152 1840 0 North Carolina
Gunter v. Thomas 36 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Harriss v. Mabry 23 N.C. 240 1840 0 North Carolina
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia