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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fusilier v. Bonin 12 Mart. (o.s.) 235 1822 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, obligations, redhibition Louisiana
Matilda v. Mason & Moore 2 D.C. 343 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Planters' Bank v. Lanusse 12 Mart. (o.s.) 157 1822 0 Community property, sales, property, partnerships, debts, promissory notes, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Johnson v. Mitchell 22 Va. 209 1822 1 Virginia
Bonin v. Eyssaline 12 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1822 0 Community property, property, warranty, sales, contracts, damages, partition Louisiana
Chesneau's Heirs v. Sadler 10 Mart. (o.s.) 726 1822 0 Successions, property, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Thompson v. Chretien 12 Mart. (o.s.) 250 1822 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, authentic act, mortgages Louisiana
Tilford v. Hayes 10 Tenn. 89 1822 1 Tennessee
Delery v. Mornet 11 Mart. (o.s.) 4 1822 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, damages, evidence, torts, property Louisiana
Gaillard v. Anceline 10 Mart. (o.s.) 479 1822 0 Evidence, declarations, capacity, freedom suit Louisiana
Peagram v. King 9 N.C. 295 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Nicholls v. Roland 11 Mart. (o.s.) 190 1822 0 Contracts, sales, damages, parol evidence, property, delivery, negligence, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
McPherrin v. King 22 Va. 172 1822 1 Virginia
Patton v. Goldsborough 9 Serg. & Rawle 47 1822 1 Pennsylvania
Inhabitants of Bozrah v. Inhabitants of Stonington 4 Conn. 373 1822 1 Connecticut
Huckaby v. Jones 9 N.C. 120 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Rhodes v. Holmes 9 N.C. 193 1822 0 Sales North Carolina
Ingrams v. Terry 9 N.C. 122 1822 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Davis v. Shanks 9 N.C. 117 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
M'Lood v. Pearce 9 N.C. 110 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina