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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Humphries v. Tench 2 D.C. 337 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Fenwick v. Forrest 5 H. & J. 414 1822 0 Maryland
Ellis v. Baker 22 Va. 47 1822 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Johnston's Ex'r v. Wall 1 Mart. (n.s.) 541 1823 0 Damages, torts, property, seizure, sales, mortgages, obligations, privileges Louisiana
Crummen v. Cavenah 1 Mart. (n.s.) 532 1823 0 Mortgages, property, contracts, giving in payment Louisiana
United States v. Ellick 2 D.C. 412 1823 0 United States
Smoot v. Russell 1 Mart. (n.s.) 522 1823 0 Promissory notes, conflict of laws, sales, property, obligations, mortgages, contracts, suspensive condition Louisiana
Smoot v. Baldwin 1 Mart. (n.s.) 528 1823 0 Conflict of laws, contracts, debts, sales, delivery, promissory notes, suretyship, property Louisiana
Herriman v. Mulhollan 1 Mart. (n.s.) 605 1823 0 Promissory notes, sales, consideration, property, wages Louisiana
Reynaud v. Guillotte 1 Mart. (n.s.) 227 1823 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, prescription, witness testimony Louisiana
Ham v. Herriman 1 Mart. (n.s.) 535 1823 0 Injunction, property, sales, fraud, recission Louisiana
Gardner v. Simpson 2 D.C. 405 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Mulhollan v. Johnson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 579 1823 0 Sales, successions, petitory action, suretyship Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 1 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1823 0 Promissory notes, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana
Campbell v. Miller 1 Mart. (n.s.) 514 1823 0 Petitory action, damages, sequestration, property, witness testimony, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Trudeau v. Smith's Syndics 12 Mart. (o.s.) 543 1823 0 Sales, property, mortgages, debts, privileges, syndics, delivery Louisiana
United States v. Richard 2 D.C. 439 1823 0 Criminal Law United States
Thompson v. Milburn 1 Mart. (n.s.) 468 1823 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
M'Guire v. Amelung 12 Mart. (o.s.) 649 1823 0 Property, sales, contracts, parol evidence, donations, fraud, injunction Louisiana