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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Hicks v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 691 1818 0 Successions, property, community property, intestacy Louisiana
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Competency of slave as witness New Jersey
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Lucile v. Toustin 5 Mart. (o.s.) 611 1818 0 Adverse possession, evidence, sales, prescription, parol evidence, contracts, conflict of laws, best evidence rule Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Timberlake v. Graves 20 Va. 174 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
Highlander v. Fluke 5 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1818 0 Property, seizure, sales, consideration, witness testimony, fraud, debts Louisiana
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Powell v. Executor of Powell 6 N.C. 326 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Wright v. Lowe's Executors 6 N.C. 354 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Helme v. Guy 6 N.C. 341 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Den on demise of Bowen v. M'Cullough 4 N.C. 261 1818 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Armstrong v. Simonton's adm'r 6 N.C. 351 1818 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana