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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 Property, promissory notes, conflict of laws, contracts, partnerships, privileges, debts, community property, mortgages, prescription, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Hunt v. Watkins 20 Tenn. 498 1840 0 Tennessee
Gregory v. Beasley 36 N.C. 25 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Barnett v. Macoin 14 La. 428 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, criminal law Louisiana
Kerries v. Botts 14 La. 432 1840 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission Louisiana
Zeringue v. Rixner 14 La. 385 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Collings v. Hamilton 14 La. 343 1840 0 Contracts, employment, wages, witness testimony Louisiana
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Quinn v. Green 36 N.C. 229 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware