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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Fanchonette v. Grangé 5 Rob. 510 1843 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, evidence Louisiana
Metayer v. Metayer 6 Mart. (o.s.) 16 1819 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, false imprisonment, damages, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Moosa v. Allain 4 Mart. (n.s.) 99 1825 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, sales, wills, recission Louisiana
Dorothee v. Coquillon 7 Mart. (n.s.) 350 1829 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, standing Louisiana
Heirs of Trahan v. Trahan 8 La. Ann. 455 1853 0 Emancipation, marital property, wills Louisiana
Briscoe v. Tarkington 5 La. 692 1850 0 Emancipation, obligations, mortgages, property Louisiana
Phebe v. Quillin 21 Ark. 490 1860 0 Emancipation of enslaved persons Arkansas
Raines v. Raines's Executors 51 Ala. 237 1874 0 Emancipation of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Harrison v. Harrison 9 Ala. 470 1846 0 Emancipation of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
White v. Gleason 15 La. Ann. 479 1860 0 Emancipation of minor heir, Property Louisiana
Caruthers v. Corbin 38 Ga. 75 1868 0 Emancipation of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Salter v. Howard 43 Ga. 601 1871 0 Emancipation of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Neal v. Patten 40 Ga. 363 1869 0 Emancipation of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Bass v. Freeman 36 Ga. 435 1867 0 Emancipation of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Verdun v. Splane 6 Rob. 530 1844 0 Emancipation, prescription, reconventional demand Louisiana
Virginia v. Himel 10 La. Ann. 185 1855 0 Emancipation, privileges, mortgages, Louisiana
Grigsby v. Louisiana Bank 3 La. 491 1832 0 Emancipation, property, stocks, capacity, donation inter vivos Louisiana
Carmelite v. Lacaze 7 La. Ann. 629 1852 0 Emancipation, sales, contracts Louisiana
Michel v. Dolliole 1 La. Ann. 459 1846 0 Emancipation, successions, sales, property, delivery Louisiana