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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Prescott v. Johnson 8 Fla. 391 1859 0 Effectiveness of Lost Promissory Notes Supreme Court of FL
Croft v. White 36 Miss. 455 1858 0 Effect of alteration by stranger on private writings Mississippi
Hoover v. Brem 43 Miss. 603 1871 0 Effect of emancipation on a legacy left to an enslaved father and daughter Mississippi
Kaufman & Co. v. Barb 26 Ark. 24 1870 0 Effect of Emancipation Proclamation on sale of enslaved person Arkansas
Andrews v. Brumfield 32 Miss. 107 1856 0 Effect of making distribution of slaves for life Mississippi
Doe v. Roe 30 Ga. 961 1860 0 ejectment attempt Georgia
Holtzapple v. Phillibaum 12 F. Cas. 430 1823 0 Ejectment of land Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Akin v. Anderson 19 Ga. 229 1856 0 Ejectment of property Georgia
Bateman v. Frisby & Kendig 15 La. Ann. 58 1860 0 Emancapitan, Freedom suit Louisiana
Jones v. Jones' Executor 37 Ala. 646 1861 0 Emanciaption of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana
Jones v. State 13 La. Ann. 406 1858 0 Emancipation, Louisiana
Haynes v. Forno 8 La. Ann. 35 1853 0 Emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Baker v. Tabor 7 La. Ann. 556 1852 0 Emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Logan v. State 40 Ala. 733 1867 0 Emancipation dispute Alabama
Purvis v. Sherrod 12 Tex. 140 1854 0 Emancipation dispute Texas
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Adams v. Routh 8 La. Ann. 121 1853 0 Emancipation, donations, property, wills Louisiana
Miller v. Miller 4 La. Ann. 354 1849 0 Emancipation, fraud, freedom suit, property Louisiana
Louise v. Marot 8 La. 475 1835 0 emancipation, freedom suit, donations, successions Louisiana