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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 False imprisonment Massachusetts
Meeker v. Childress 1 Minor 109 1823 0 Action to recover medical expenses for enslaved person Alabama
Amelia v. Caldwell 2 D.C. 418 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Ellick 2 D.C. 412 1823 0 United States
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Carrying contraband Connecticut
Patton v. Jones 3 Del. Cas. 11 1822 0 Replevein to either decendant's estate or another individual Delaware
Ingram v. Gaskins 3 Del. Cas. 25 1822 0 Qui tam action against a man who illegally exported an enslaved individual Delaware
Somboy v. Loring 2 D.C. 318 1822 0 Trespass vi et armis United States
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York
Gaillard v. Anceline 10 Mart. (o.s.) 479 1822 0 Evidence, declarations, capacity, freedom suit Louisiana
Ingrams v. Terry 9 N.C. 122 1822 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Delery v. Mornet 11 Mart. (o.s.) 4 1822 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, damages, evidence, torts, property Louisiana
Rhodes v. Holmes 9 N.C. 193 1822 0 Sales North Carolina
Fleckner v. Nelder 12 Mart. (o.s.) 503 1822 0 Sales, property, defect, promissory notes, successions Louisiana
M'Lood v. Pearce 9 N.C. 110 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Nicholls v. Roland 11 Mart. (o.s.) 190 1822 0 Contracts, sales, damages, parol evidence, property, delivery, negligence, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Ward v. Brandt 11 Mart. (o.s.) 331 1822 0 Damages, partnerships, debts, syndics, property, dissolution, mortgages, bankruptcy, privileges Louisiana
Dufour v. Camfranc 11 Mart. (o.s.) 607 1822 0 Sales, successions, fieri facias, property, prescription, successions Louisiana
Bryan v. Moore's Heirs 11 Mart. (o.s.) 26 1822 0 Successions, property, partition, community property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Davis v. Shanks 9 N.C. 117 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina