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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Purvis v. Brown 39 N.C. 413 1846 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Clayton v. Liverman 29 N.C. 92 1846 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Sherrill v. Echard 29 N.C. 161 1846 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Carter v. Spencer 29 N.C. 14 1846 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hurdle v. Reddick 29 N.C. 87 1846 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gordon v. Brown 39 N.C. 399 1846 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Massey v. Walker 10 Ala. 288 1846 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Bailment, torts Louisiana
Spence v. McMillan 10 Ala. 583 1846 0 Stolen Enslaved Personsaction Alabama
Chevallier v. Wilson 1 Tex. 161 1846 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Bennett v. Gamble 1 Tex. 124 1846 0 Levy on slave dispute Texas
Stewart v. Hood 10 Ala. 600 1846 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Blakey v. Heirs of Blakey 9 Ala. 391 1846 0 Dipsute over Will Alabama
Hundley v. Buckner ex rel. Marshall 14 Miss. 70 1846 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Bowers v. Mathews 39 N.C. 258 1846 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bornet v. Davis 1 La. Ann. 339 1846 0 Freedom suit, damages, sales, warranty, litigious rights Louisiana
Kirkland v. New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. 1 La. Ann. 299 1846 0 Injunctions, fieri facias, community property, contracts, sales, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Watt v. Rice 1 La. Ann. 280 1846 0 Promissory notes, contracts, community property, successions, smancipation, conflict of laws, consideration Louisiana
Adle v. Metoyer 1 La. Ann. 254 1846 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, damages, suretyship, obligations, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana