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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fiske v. Carr 20 Me. 301 1841 1 Maine
Gray v. Crook 12 G. & J. 236 1841 1 Maryland
Weatherford v. James 2 Ala. 170 1841 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Doyle v. Knapp 4 Ill. 334 1841 1 Illinois
Smith v. Smith 16 S.C. Eq. 126 1841 1 South Carolina
Clark v. Williams 21 Tenn. 303 1841 1 Tennessee
People v. McLeod 25 Wend. 481 1841 1 New York
People v. McLeod 1 Hill & Den. 377 1841 1 New York
Sims v. Sims 2 Ala. 117 1841 0 Grifting an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Martin 24 N.C. 101 1841 1 North Carolina
Love v. Gates 24 N.C. 14 1841 1 North Carolina
Foster v. Mansfield 44 Mass. 412 1841 1 Massachusetts
Hatton v. Weems 12 G. & J. 83 1841 0 Maryland
Jones v. Yarborough 2 Ala. 524 1841 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Selby v. Bass 19 La. 499 1841 1 Louisiana
Vastbinder v. Metcalf 3 Ala. 100 1841 0 Recovery for wages Alabama
Quinn v. Patton 37 N.C. 48 1841 1 North Carolina
Hutchins v. Hope 12 G. & J. 244 1841 0 Maryland
Durett v. Sewall 2 Ala. 669 1841 0 Gift of property dispute Alabama
Governor ex rel. Simmons v. Hancock 2 Ala. 728 1841 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama