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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henderson v. Henderson 46 N.C. 221 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Henderson v. Allens 11 Va. 235 1807 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Helvenstein v. Higgason 35 Ala. 259 1859 0 Promissory note dispute Alabama
Helm v. Miller 17 Johns. 296 1820 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Heirs of Williams v. Hardy 15 La. Ann. 286 1860 0 Wills Louisiana
Heirs of Trahan v. Trahan 8 La. Ann. 455 1853 0 Emancipation, marital property, wills Louisiana
Heirs of Thompson v. Bell 4 La. 447 1832 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, mortgages, privileges, discussion, dilatory exception, property Louisiana
Heirs of Kimball v. Heirs of Lopez 7 La. 173 1834 0 Successions, sequestration, sales, prescription, warranty, property, petitory action Louisiana
Heirs of Hoover v. York 24 La. Ann. 375 1872 0 Estate/Heirs Louisiana
Heirs of Cole v. Cole's Executors 7 Mart. (n.s.) 414 1829 0 Forced heirs, successions, promissory notes, evidence, capacity, wills, donations, emancipation Louisiana
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Heirs of Bryan v. Dennis 4 Fla. 445 1852 0 The Freedom of Manumitted Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Rights of alien free negroes Mississippi
Hedrick v. Banister 10 La. Ann. 208 1855 0 Sales, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Heathman v. Joseph Hall 38 N.C. 414 1844 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Heard v. Sill 26 Ga. 302 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Garrett 34 Miss. 152 1857 0 Construction of written agreement Mississippi
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee