Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bernardine v. Despinasse 6 Mart. (n.s.) 94 1827 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, partition, trusts, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Curtis v. Patterson 8 Cow. 65 1827 1 New York
Spangler v. Commonwealth ex rel. Martin 16 Serg. & Rawle 68 1827 1 Pennsylvania
Land v. Jeffries 5 Rand. 211 1827 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Roof v. Stafford 7 Cow. 179 1827 1 New York
Lacroix v. Menard 6 Mart. (n.s.) 98 1827 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, mandates, intervenor, contracts Louisiana
Reigart v. M'Grath 16 Serg. & Rawle 65 1827 1 Pennsylvania
Barfield v. Hewlett 6 Mart. (n.s.) 78 1827 0 Property, petitory action, sales Louisiana
Negro George v. Corse's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 1 1827 0 Maryland
Whitworth v. Adams 26 Va. 333 1827 1 Virginia
Myers v. Myers 7 S.C. Eq. 215 1827 1 South Carolina
Abadie v. Poydras 6 Mart. (n.s.) 26 1827 0 Injunction, seizure, mortgages, debts, property, community property Louisiana
Smith v. Jones 27 Va. 33 1827 1 Virginia
Pierce v. Myrick 12 N.C. 345 1827 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States
State v. Peter 1 Stew. 38 1827 0 Indictment for murder of enslaved person Alabama
Murphey v. Barron 1 H. & G. 258 1827 0 Maryland
Gregory v. Baugh 25 Va. 612 1827 1 Virginia
Duffee v. Mason 8 Cow. 25 1827 1 New York
Hunt v. Yeatman 3 Ohio 15 1827 1 Ohio