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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
Barnett v. Macoin 14 La. 428 1840 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, criminal law Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Armor v. Huie 14 La. 346 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Saunders v. Ferrill 23 N.C. 97 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Anderson v. Felton 36 N.C. 55 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Buffalow v. Buffalow 37 N.C. 113 1840 0 Trusts North Carolina
McAlister v. Gilmore 36 N.C. 22 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
White v. Pettijohn 23 N.C. 52 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 Admiralty United States
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
McDonald v. McLeod 36 N.C. 221 1840 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana