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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bernard v. Vignaud 8 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Successions, mortgages, property, sales, syndics, hypothecary act, evidence, privileges Louisiana
Horton v. Hagler's executor 8 N.C. 48 1820 0 Sales North Carolina
Hicks v. Martin 9 Mart. (o.s.) 47 1820 0 Petitory action, successions, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Knight v. Hall 7 Mart. (o.s.) 410 1820 0 Sales, promissory notes, seizure, mortgages, injunction, debts Louisiana
Stone v. Ware 20 Va. 541 1820 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Mayo v. Tomkies 20 Va. 520 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
William v. Kelly 5 H. & J. 59 1820 0 Maryland
Davis v. Jacquin & Pomerait 5 H. & J. 100 1820 0 Maryland
Burnet & Rigden ex rel. Gilmor v. Courts 5 H. & J. 78 1820 0 Maryland
Wooddy v. Flournoy 20 Va. 506 1820 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Andrews 24 F. Cas. 815 1820 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Clayton v. Mitchell 2 Del. Cas. 532 1820 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Brush v. Wilkins 4 Johns. Ch. 506 1820 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset 16 Mass. 454 1820 0 Assumpsit for expenses Massachusetts
Pratt's Lessee v. Flamer 5 H. & J. 10 1820 0 Maryland
Mark v. Lawrence 5 H. & J. 64 1820 0 Maryland
Walkup v. Pratt 5 H. & J. 51 1820 0 Maryland
Clara v. Meagher 5 H. & J. 111 1820 0 Maryland
Baptiste v. De Volunbrun 5 H. & J. 86 1820 0 Maryland
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.