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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
State v. Peter 1 Stew. 38 1827 0 Indictment for murder of enslaved person Alabama
Bonnet v. Ramsay 6 Mart. (n.s.) 129 1827 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, prescription, runaway ensalved person Louisiana
Jones v. Watkins 1 Stew. 81 1827 0 Property dispute Alabama
Collier v. Poe 16 N.C. 55 1827 0 Property interests North Carolina
Edelen v. Thompson 2 H. & G. 31 1827 0 Maryland
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 92 1827 0 Replevin United States
Lacroix v. Menard 6 Mart. (n.s.) 98 1827 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, mandates, intervenor, contracts Louisiana
Barfield v. Hewlett 6 Mart. (n.s.) 78 1827 0 Property, petitory action, sales Louisiana
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Hooks v. Sellers 16 N.C. 61 1827 0 Property interests North Carolina
Taylor v. Dickens 16 N.C. 71 1827 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Negro George v. Corse's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 1 1827 0 Maryland
Murphey v. Barron 1 H. & G. 258 1827 0 Maryland
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
Shirley v. Elizabeth 27 Va. 764 1827 0 Motion to dissolve injunction SC of Appeals VA
Underwood v. Lane 12 N.C. 173 1827 0 Sales North Carolina
High v. Stainback 1 Stew. 24 1827 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Demand for dowry SC of New York
Abadie v. Poydras 6 Mart. (n.s.) 26 1827 0 Injunction, seizure, mortgages, debts, property, community property Louisiana