Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dunbar v. Nichols 10 Mart. (o.s.) 184 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, prescription, witness testimony Louisiana
Van Alst v. Hunter 5 Johns. Ch. 148 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Lingan v. Henderson 1 Bland 236 1821 1 Maryland
Bean v. Smith 2 F. Cas. 1143 1821 1 United States
Backhouse v. Jett 2 F. Cas. 316 1821 0 Suit in equity Cir Ct, D of VA
Myers & Son v. Friend & Scott 22 Va. 12 1821 1 Virginia
United States v. Kennedy 26 F. Cas. 762 1821 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. PA.
Wheeler v. Russell 17 Mass. 257 1821 1 Massachusetts
Chapel v. Bull 17 Mass. 213 1821 1 Massachusetts
Burke v. Levy's Executors 22 Va. 1 1821 1 Virginia
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 Murder North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Deacon 6 Serg. & Rawle 526 1821 1 Pennsylvania
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
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 308 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, indemnification Louisiana
Melancon's Heirs v. Duhamel 10 Mart. (o.s.) 225 1821 0 Sales, successions, property, damages, contracts Louisiana
Baker v. Preston 21 Va. 235 1821 1 Virginia
Livingston v. Heerman 9 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1821 0 Libel, water law, reparations, defamation, property, sales, riparian rights Louisiana