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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
Bird v. Graham 36 N.C. 196 1840 0 North Carolina
Boon v. Rea 36 N.C. 71 1840 0 North Carolina
Blacknall v. Wyche 23 N.C. 94 1840 0 North Carolina
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Louisiana
Nelson v. Lillard 16 La. 336 1840 0 Louisiana
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Louisiana
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
Dashiell v. Lesassier 15 La. 101 1840 0 Louisiana
Bob & Milly v. Nugent's Syndics 15 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana