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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Long 36 N.C. 190 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Wilcox v. Wilcox 36 N.C. 36 1840 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 North Carolina
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 North Carolina
Plummer v. Baskerville 36 N.C. 252 1840 0 North Carolina
Blacknall v. Wyche 23 N.C. 94 1840 0 North Carolina
Boon v. Rea 36 N.C. 71 1840 0 North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 United States
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama