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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rost v. Henderson 12 La. 549 1846 0 Wills, partition, emancipation, manumission Louisiana
Fuentes v. Caballero 1 La. Ann. 27 1846 0 Sales, redhibition, warranty, recission, damages Louisiana
Stevens v. Wellington 1 La. Ann. 72 1846 0 Petitory action, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, contracts, garnishment, agency, delivery, torts Louisiana
Josephine v. Poultney 1 La. Ann. 329 1846 0 Conflict of laws, freedom suit Louisiana
Sypert v. Sawyer 26 Tenn. 413 1846 0 Tennessee
State v. Gallimore 29 N.C. 147 1846 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Boyd's Ex'ors v. Boyd's Heirs 44 Va. 113 1846 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Turner v. Campbell 44 Va. 77 1846 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Mercier v. Canonge 12 La. 385 1846 0 Successions, privileges, liquidation, community property, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Stewart v. Hood 10 Ala. 600 1846 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Prince v. State 26 Tenn. 137 1846 0 Tennessee
Chilton v. Cox 15 Miss. 791 1846 0 Lien upon slave dispute Mississippi
Washington v. Johnson 26 Tenn. 468 1846 0 Tennessee
Drumright v. Jones 39 N.C. 253 1846 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Inge v. Murphy 10 Ala. 885 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Sequestration, property, privileges, successions, sales Louisiana
Kennedy v. Williams 26 Tenn. 50 1846 0 Tennessee
Lindsay v. Pleasants 39 N.C. 320 1846 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 Rape North Carolina