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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Seip v. Hozey 2 Rob. 567 1842 0 Damages, theft, saales, suretyship Louisiana
Guerrier v. Lambeth 9 La. 339 1836 0 Damages, torts, property, jury instruction Louisiana
Allain v. Young 9 Mart. (o.s.) 221 1821 0 Damages, torts, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Johnston's Ex'r v. Wall 1 Mart. (n.s.) 541 1823 0 Damages, torts, property, seizure, sales, mortgages, obligations, privileges Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
McMaster v. Beckwith 2 La. 329 1831 0 Damages, torts, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Blanchard v. Dixon 4 La. Ann. 57 1849 0 Damages, torts, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Carlin v. Stewart 2 La. 73 1830 0 Damages, wages, successions, privileges, slander Louisiana
Collingsworth v. Covington 2 La. Ann. 406 1847 0 Damages, witness testimony, torts Louisiana
United States v. Pickering 2 D.C. 117 1816 0 Dealing a slave without consent of master (basically theft) United States
Peyton v. Richards 11 La. Ann. 62 1856 0 Death of enslaved person, negligence, employment law Louisiana
Barry v. Kimball 12 La. Ann. 372 1857 0 Death of enslaved person, negligence, warranty, sales Louisiana
United States v. Patrick 2 D.C. 66 1812 0 Death Sentence United States
McCartney v. Calhoun 11 Ala. 110 1847 0 Debate over Title of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Donald v. McWhorter 44 Miss. 124 1870 0 Debit against administrator for the hire of enslaved man Mississippi
Barbee v. Pigott 507 So. 2d 77 1987 1 debt Mississippi
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 Debt and warranty for enslaved person United States
Ashton v. Fitzhugh 1 D.C. 218 1804 0 Debt Declaration United States
Mims v. Parker 1 Ala. 421 1840 0 Debt dispute Alabama
State ex rel. Bennett v. Engles 5 Ark. 26 1843 0 Debt dispute Arkansas