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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beall v. Silver 23 Va. 401 1824 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Doubrere v. Grillier's Syndic 2 Mart. (n.s.) 171 1824 0 Freedom suit, property, sales, emancipation, sequestration, suretyship Louisiana
Jack v. Woodruff 10 N.C. 106 1824 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Burgwin v. Richardson 10 N.C. 203 1824 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Maria v. Surbaugh 23 Va. 228 1824 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bird v. Bowie 3 Mart. (n.s.) 112 1824 0 Promissory notes, sales, delivery, obligations Louisiana
Williams v. Averitt 10 N.C. 308 1824 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Wilson v. Hightower 10 N.C. 76 1824 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Den or dem. Taylor v. Fen 10 N.C. 125 1824 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Smith v. Crockett 1 Minor 277 1824 0 Wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama
Martin v. Curtis 3 Mart. (n.s.) 105 1824 0 Petitory action, prescription, warranty, sales, simulation, delivery, fraud Louisiana
Tate v. Brittain 10 N.C. 55 1824 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Urquhart v. Clarke 23 Va. 549 1824 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Smoot & Dinsmore v. Baldwin 3 Mart. (n.s.) 84 1824 0 Property, sales, delivery, suretyship, contracts Louisiana
Prudhomme v. Dawson 3 Mart. (n.s.) 161 1824 0 Community property, prescription, property Louisiana
Roberts v. Rodes 3 Mart. (n.s.) 100 1824 0 Sales, redhibition, contracts, prescription, recission, property Louisiana
Ham v. Herriman 3 Mart. (n.s.) 155 1824 0 Sales, fraud, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Voorhies' ex rel. Cappel v. Mulhollan 3 Mart. (n.s.) 70 1824 0 Obligations, sales, property, bonds, suretyship, agency, res judicata Louisiana
Outlaw v. Cook 1 Minor 257 1824 0 Recovery for wages Alabama
Malone v. Hamilton 1 Minor 286 1824 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama