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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 11 La. Ann. 541 1856 0 Wills, management of enslaved persons Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 11 La. Ann. 559 1856 0 Contracts, marital property Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Emancipcation, wills, character evidence Louisiana
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Leases, torts, employment law Louisiana
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 878 1857 0 Debts, secutiries, mortgages, property Louisiana
Girod v. Belknap 12 La. Ann. 791 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
State v. Morgan 12 La. Ann. 712 1857 0 Sales Louisiana
State v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 189 1857 0 Inveigling of an enslaved person Louisiana
Clement v. Wafer 12 La. Ann. 599 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, creditor's rights, marital property Louisiana
Angomar v. Wilson 12 La. Ann. 857 1857 0 Sales, property Louisiana
Molaison v. Hébert 12 La. Ann. 232 1857 0 Forced heirs, testaments, manumission Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Succession of Boatwright 12 La. Ann. 893 1857 1 Louisiana
Wilson v. Hendry 12 La. Ann. 244 1857 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, marital property, successions Louisiana
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
Howell v. Crane 12 La. Ann. 126 1857 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, promissory notes Louisiana
McRae v. Purvis, Gladden & Co. 12 La. Ann. 85 1857 0 Property, creditor's rights, fraud, Louisiana