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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Wright v. Steamboat Vesta 6 Miss. 152 1840 1 Mississippi
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
Lesassier v. Dashiell 14 La. 467 1840 0 Louisiana
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Louisiana
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Adams v. His Creditors 14 La. 454 1840 0 Louisiana
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 North Carolina
Brander v. Ferriday, Bennett & Co. 16 La. 296 1840 0 Louisiana
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mississippi
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Louisiana
Zeringue v. Rixner 14 La. 385 1840 0 Louisiana
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Walker v. Bradley 2 Ark. 578 1840 0 Arkansas
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 North Carolina
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Louisiana
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 New Jersey
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland