Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Jernigan 7 N.C. 12 1819 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Guy v. Hall 7 N.C. 150 1819 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Marriage, manumission, capacity, contracts, emancipation Louisiana
Gomez v. Bonneval 6 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1819 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Killian v. Watt 7 N.C. 167 1819 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jourdan v. Williams 6 Mart. (o.s.) 659 1819 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, community property Louisiana
Clara v. Meagher 5 H. & J. 111 1820 0 Maryland
Walkup v. Pratt 5 H. & J. 51 1820 0 Maryland
Dufour v. Camfrancq 8 Mart. (o.s.) 235 1820 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, fieri facias, seizure, parol testimony, parol evidence, sequestration Louisiana
Mark v. Lawrence 5 H. & J. 64 1820 0 Maryland
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Bazzi v. Rose 8 Mart. (o.s.) 149 1820 0 Habeas corpus, criminal law, freedom suit, emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Livaudais' Heirs v. Fon 8 Mart. (o.s.) 161 1820 0 Promissory notes, contracts, consideration, successions, evidence, capacity Louisiana
Griffith v. Fanny 21 Va. 143 1820 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Davidson v. Davidson's Executors 8 N.C. 163 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Tackett 8 N.C. 210 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
Pratt's Lessee v. Flamer 5 H. & J. 10 1820 0 Maryland
Clayton v. Mitchell 2 Del. Cas. 532 1820 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Spiers v. Alexander 8 N.C. 67 1820 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Knight v. Yarbrough 21 Va. 27 1820 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA