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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 North Carolina
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 North Carolina
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Robertson v. Stevens 36 N.C. 247 1840 0 North Carolina
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Alabama
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 North Carolina
Saunders v. Ferrill 23 N.C. 97 1840 0 North Carolina
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 North Carolina
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Louisiana
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee