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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
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
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 Freedom Suit/ Will United States
Graham v. Alexander 5 D.C. 663 1840 0 Freedom Petition United States
M'Intosh v. Ladd 20 Tenn. 459 1840 0 Tennessee
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland
Alder v. Beall 11 G. & J. 123 1840 1 Maryland
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York