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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Watkins v. Carlton 37 Va. 560 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Bill to redeem enslaved persons Alabama
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ransone v. Frayser's Ex'ors 37 Va. 592 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Love v. Belk 36 N.C. 163 1840 1 North Carolina
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
State v. Buchanan 23 N.C. 59 1840 1 North Carolina
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Roberts v. Scales 23 N.C. 88 1840 1 North Carolina
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Clark v. Glover 14 La. 266 1840 0 Injunction, mortgages, property, promissory notes, seizure, sales, sequestration Louisiana
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana
Armor v. Huie 14 La. 346 1840 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Watkinson v. Black 14 La. 351 1840 0 Agency, sales, domicil, sequestration Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Zeringue v. Rixner 14 La. 385 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, property Louisiana