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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Harvey v. Skillman's Executor 22 Wend. 571 1840 1 New York
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Charlton v. Gardner 38 Va. 281 1840 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 Suit for freedom General Ct. of VA
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia