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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Jarnagin v. Conway 21 Tenn. 50 1840 0 Tennessee
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Alabama
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Bonner v. Latham 23 N.C. 271 1840 0 North Carolina
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Louisiana
Underwood's Case 21 Tenn. 46 1840 0 Tennessee
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Smithwick v. Biggs 23 N.C. 281 1840 0 North Carolina
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
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi