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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kerries v. Botts 14 La. 432 1840 0 Louisiana
Barnett v. Macoin 14 La. 428 1840 0 Louisiana
Zeringue v. Rixner 14 La. 385 1840 0 Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Louisiana
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Louisiana
Black v. Oliver 1 Ala. 449 1840 0 Alabama
Neibert's Administrators v. Withers 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 599 1840 1 Mississippi
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Arkansas
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 United States
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Delaware
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 United States
Ash v. Williams 5 D.C. 674 1840 0 United States
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 New Jersey
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Civil Connecticut
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 United States