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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Benton v. Saunders 44 N.C. 360 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Ben v. Peete 23 Va. 539 1824 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 365 1806 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Process United States
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 350 1806 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 407 1807 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ben v. State 37 Ala. 103 1861 0 Wrongful detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Ben v. State 22 Ala. 9 1853 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for administering poison Alabama
Beon v. Morgan 5 Mart. (n.s.) 701 1827 0 Seizure, successions, partition, property, possessory action Louisiana
Berard v. Berard 9 La. 156 1836 0 Freedom suit, property, successions Louisiana
Bergeron v. His Creditors 4 Rob. 185 1843 0 Privileges, debts, sales, mortgages, seizure, promissory notes Louisiana
Berluchaux v. Berluchaux 7 La. 539 1835 0 Partition, successions, wills, property, tutorship Louisiana
Bermudez ex rel. Wright v. Union Bank 11 La. Ann. 64 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, mortgages, property, judicial sales Louisiana
Bernardine v. Despinasse 6 Mart. (n.s.) 94 1827 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, partition, trusts, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Bernard v. Auguste 6 La. Ann. 24 1851 0 Possessory action, sales, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Bernard v. Herbert 3 D.C. 346 1828 0 Detinue United States
Bernard v. Hipkins 10 Va. 101 1806 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bernard v. McKenna 4 D.C. 130 1831 0 Detinue United States
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 1 Mart. (n.s.) 1 1823 0 Witness testimony, evidence, mortgages, bankruptcy, syndics, sales, property, seizure, trusts, damages, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 8 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Successions, mortgages, property, sales, syndics, hypothecary act, evidence, privileges Louisiana