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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Collings v. Hamilton 14 La. 343 1840 0 Louisiana
Griffin v. Pleasant 36 N.C. 152 1840 0 North Carolina
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 North Carolina
Barrett v. Walker 14 La. 303 1840 0 Louisiana
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
Clark v. Glover 14 La. 266 1840 0 Louisiana
Mims v. Parker 1 Ala. 421 1840 0 Alabama
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Louisiana
Anderson v. Lincoln 6 Miss. 279 1840 0 Mississippi
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 North Carolina
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 United States
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Louisiana
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Delaware
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 North Carolina
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 United States
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 United States
Clapp v. Mandeville 6 Miss. 197 1840 0 Mississippi
Watkins v. Carlton 37 Va. 560 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA