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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 North Carolina
Saunders v. Ferrill 23 N.C. 97 1840 0 North Carolina
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 North Carolina
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Grand Gulf Bank v. Henderson 6 Miss. 292 1840 0 Mississippi
Douthitt's Administrator v. Douthitt 1 Ala. 594 1840 0 Alabama
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Mississippi
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
White v. Pettijohn 23 N.C. 52 1840 0 North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
M'Donough v. Childress 15 La. 556 1840 0 Louisiana
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Louisiana
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Mississippi
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 North Carolina
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Mississippi