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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
London v. Turner 38 Va. 403 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Young v. Robinson 11 G. & J. 328 1840 0 Maryland
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Sewall v. Glidden 1 Ala. 52 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Dawson v. Dawson's Ex'or 37 Va. 602 1840 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Warnick v. Michael 11 G. & J. 153 1840 0 Maryland
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Watkins v. Carlton 37 Va. 560 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA