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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Barrett v. Walker 14 La. 303 1840 0 Louisiana
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 North Carolina
Collings v. Hamilton 14 La. 343 1840 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 15 La. 94 1840 0 Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Louisiana
Hempkin v. Bowmar 16 La. 363 1840 0 Louisiana
Brander v. Ferriday, Bennett & Co. 16 La. 296 1840 0 Louisiana
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 Louisiana
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Mississippi
Ransone v. Frayser's Ex'ors 37 Va. 592 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Mississippi
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Alabama