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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Buel v. New-York Steamer 17 La. 541 1841 0 Louisiana
Wafer v. Pratt 1 Rob. 41 1841 0 Louisiana
Webb v. Griffith 36 N.C. 446 1841 0 North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Nix 38 Va. 636 1841 0 General Ct. of VA
Ware v. W'Candlish 38 Va. 595 1841 0 SC of Appeals VA
Knight v. Murchison 1 Rob. 31 1841 0 Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 17 La. 353 1841 0 Louisiana
Slater v. Magraw 12 G. & J. 265 1841 0 Maryland
Huff v. Cox 2 Ala. 310 1841 0 Alabama
Moffatt v. Murray 18 La. 357 1841 0 Louisiana
Desha v. Baker 3 Ark. 509 1841 0 Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Stewart v. Barcroft 23 F. Cas. 53 1841 0 United States
Mitaine v. Ferguson 18 La. 92 1841 0 Louisiana
Nantz v. Wyatt 1 Rob. 10 1841 0 Louisiana
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 SC of Judicature of New York
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Delaware
Owen v. Sharp 39 Va. 427 1841 0 SC of Appeals VA
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Mississippi