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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Edwards v. Massey 8 N.C. 359 1821 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Vienne v. Boissier 10 Mart. (o.s.) 359 1821 0 Successions, renunciation, property, sales, injunction Louisiana
Frederic v. Frederic 10 Mart. (o.s.) 188 1821 0 Community property, successions, donations, property, usufruct, debts Louisiana
Broh v. Jenkins 9 Mart. (o.s.) 526 1821 0 Successions, sales, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Terrel's Heirs vs. Cropper 9 Mart. (o.s.) 350 1821 0 Sales, successions, fraud, privileges Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 308 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, indemnification Louisiana
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Dunbar v. Ball 7 F. Cas. 1185 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Livingston v. Heerman 9 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1821 0 Libel, water law, reparations, defamation, property, sales, riparian rights Louisiana
Peabody v. Carrol 9 Mart. (o.s.) 295 1821 0 Seizure, property, sales, delivery, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 10 Mart. (o.s.) 25 1821 0 Wills, capacity, emancipation, newly discovered evidence, parol evidence, successions Louisiana
State v. Goode 8 N.C. 463 1821 0 Larceny North Carolina
Executor of Lynch v. Ashe 8 N.C. 338 1821 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Nass v. Vanswearingen 7 Serg. & Rawle 192 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Dunbar v. Nichols 10 Mart. (o.s.) 184 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, prescription, witness testimony Louisiana
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Case of Jones 2 Del. Cas. 622 1821 0 Order of replevein of three kidnapped enslaved individuals Delaware
Culver v. Shriner 5 H. & J. 218 1821 0 0 Maryland
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York