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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
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
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Jones v. United States 5 D.C. 647 1840 0 Fraudulent Sale United States
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama