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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Dispute over sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Lovelady v. Davis 33 Miss. 577 1857 0 Payment of legacy Mississippi
State v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 189 1857 0 Inveigling of an enslaved person Louisiana
Angomar v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 857 1857 0 Sales, property Louisiana
State v. Morgan 12 La. Ann. 712 1857 0 Sales Louisiana
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, creditor's rights, marital property Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 878 1857 0 Debts, secutiries, mortgages, property Louisiana
Girod v. Belknap 12 La. Ann. 791 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Howell v. Crane 12 La. Ann. 126 1857 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, promissory notes Louisiana
Garnett v. Kirkman 33 Miss. 389 1857 0 Forbearance on contract Mississippi
Richardson v. Bell 12 La. Ann. 296 1857 0 Redhibition, property, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Brady v. Price 19 Tex. 285 1857 0 Texas
Howze v. Howze 19 Tex. 553 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
Brown v. Lane 19 Tex. 203 1857 0 Levy on property dispute Texas
Wall v. Clark 19 Tex. 321 1857 0 Will & trust Texas