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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 North Carolina
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 North Carolina
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 United States
Harriss v. Mabry 23 N.C. 240 1840 0 North Carolina
Gunter v. Thomas 36 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Alabama
Blacknall v. Wyche 23 N.C. 94 1840 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Bradford 14 La. 281 1840 0 Louisiana
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Arkansas
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 North Carolina
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee