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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Griffin v. Pleasant 36 N.C. 152 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Palmer v. Yarborough 36 N.C. 310 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Douthitt's Administrator v. Douthitt 1 Ala. 594 1840 0 Property dispute Alabama
Overton v. Maben 37 Va. 609 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Wanzer v. Barker 5 Miss. 363 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Corbin v. Emmerson 37 Va. 663 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Brock v. Luckett's Executors 5 Miss. 459 1840 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Ferriday v. Selser 5 Miss. 506 1840 0 Deed of trust dispute Mississippi
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, mortgages, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana
Randolph's Ex'or v. Tucker 37 Va. 655 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
London v. Turner 38 Va. 403 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
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