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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bell v. Marine Insurance 8 Serg. & Rawle 98 1822 1 Pennsylvania
Humphries v. Tench 2 D.C. 337 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Le Blanc v. Sanglair 12 Mart. (o.s.) 402 1822 0 Promissory notes, consideration, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, debts, interrogatories Louisiana
Gaillard v. Anceline 10 Mart. (o.s.) 479 1822 0 Evidence, declarations, capacity, freedom suit Louisiana
Matilda v. Mason & Moore 2 D.C. 343 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Skillman v. Lacey 12 Mart. (o.s.) 404 1822 0 Seizure, sales, privileges, mortgages, community property, successions, debts, property, parol evidence, subrogation, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Dean ex rel. Vineyard v. Smith 12 Mart. (o.s.) 316 1822 0 Promissory notes, property, abatement, redhibition Louisiana
Lafariere v. Sanglair 12 Mart. (o.s.) 399 1822 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, promissory notes, parol evidence Louisiana
Surgat v. Potter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 365 1822 0 Sales, agency, mandates Louisiana
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Carrying contraband Connecticut
Davis' Heirs v. Prevost's Heirs 12 Mart. (o.s.) 445 1822 1 Louisiana
Tilford v. Hayes 10 Tenn. 89 1822 1 Tennessee
Garner's Lessee v. Johnston 7 Tenn. 23 1822 1 Tennessee
Jackson v. Williams 12 Mart. (o.s.) 334 1822 0 Seizure, sales, petitory actions, successions, mortgages, property, debts, community property, hypothecary action Louisiana
Peagram v. King 9 N.C. 295 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ely v. Adams 19 Johns. 313 1822 1 New York
Humphrey v. State 1 Minor 64 1822 0 Alabama
McPherrin v. King 22 Va. 172 1822 1 Virginia
Patton v. Goldsborough 9 Serg. & Rawle 47 1822 1 Pennsylvania
Casson v. Cureton 12 Mart. (o.s.) 435 1822 0 Property, bailments, seizure, sales,, fieri facias, contracts, debts, obligations Louisiana