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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
Blacknall v. Wyche 23 N.C. 94 1840 0 North Carolina
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Louisiana
Griffin v. Pleasant 36 N.C. 152 1840 0 North Carolina
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 North Carolina
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Morton v. Crosby 14 La. 424 1840 0 Louisiana
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Louisiana
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Alabama
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama