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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Reardon v. Miller 3 D.C. 344 1828 0 Detinue/Adverse Posession United States
State v. Isaac 13 N.C. 47 1828 0 Homicide North Carolina
Scott v. Williams 12 N.C. 376 1828 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
State v. Jones 13 N.C. 48 1828 0 Liabilities North Carolina
Ogden v. Price 9 N.J.L. 168 1827 Property dispute New Jersey
Glasscock v. Batton 27 Va. 78 1827 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Mathurin v. Livaudais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1827 0 Capacity, wills, property, emancipation, trusts, donations Louisiana
Jones v. Mason 26 Va. 577 1827 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Shirley v. Long 27 Va. 736 1827 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Street 27 Va. 1 1827 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Green v. Judith 26 Va. 1 1827 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
White v. Beattie 16 N.C. 87 1827 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bernardine v. Despinasse 6 Mart. (n.s.) 94 1827 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, partition, trusts, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
Mandeville v. Cookenderfer 3 D.C. 257 1827 0 Negligence United States
State v. Johnson 12 N.C. 360 1827 0 Asportation of slaves North Carolina
Balfour v. Chew 5 Mart. (n.s.) 517 1827 0 Injunction, property, mortgages, seizure, wills, recordation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hunter v. Fulcher 26 Va. 126 1827 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Yeates 12 N.C. 302 1827 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gregory v. Baugh 25 Va. (4 Rand.) 611 1827 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA