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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. New York
Sutton v. Craddock 36 N.C. 134 1840 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Phillips v. Governor 2 Ark. 382 1840 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Replevin for enslaved persons Arkansas
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Gedney v. L'Amistad 10 F. Cas. 141 1840 0 Admiralty United States