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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. His Creditors 14 La. 454 1840 0 Louisiana
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Alabama
Brumfield v. Cunningham 14 La. 264 1840 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Bradford 14 La. 281 1840 0 Louisiana
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 North Carolina
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 North Carolina
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 North Carolina
Lesassier v. Dashiell 14 La. 467 1840 0 Louisiana
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Louisiana
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Louisiana
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Mississippi
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Mississippi
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Mississippi
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Mississippi
Ex parte Jones 1 Ala. 15 1840 0 Alabama
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Arkansas
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine