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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mariner v. Kershaw 2 Del. Cas. 576 1820 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Griffith v. Fanny 21 Va. 143 1820 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 8 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1820 0 Successions, wills, property, privileges, mandamus, capacity, insane delusion, emancipation Louisiana
Dufour v. Camfrancq 8 Mart. (o.s.) 235 1820 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, fieri facias, seizure, parol testimony, parol evidence, sequestration Louisiana
Bell v. Beemen 7 N.C. 273 1819 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Marie v. Avart 6 Mart. (o.s.) 731 1819 0 Wills, emancipation, freedom suit, sales Louisiana
Saulet v. Loiseau 6 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1819 0 Sales, warranty, recission, redhibition, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
M'Cree v. Houston 7 N.C. 429 1819 0 Gifts North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 7 N.C. 548 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Miller ex rel. Miller v. Harwell 7 N.C. 194 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gomez v. Bonneval 6 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1819 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Guy v. Hall 7 N.C. 150 1819 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Moore 4 Va. 155 1819 0 Suffering a slave General Ct of VA
Shepperd v. Ex'r of Murdock 7 N.C. 218 1819 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Jourdan v. Williams 6 Mart. (o.s.) 659 1819 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, community property Louisiana
Andry v. Foy 6 Mart. (o.s.) 689 1819 0 Sales, promissory notes, successions, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, contracts Louisiana
Rouville v. Rouville 6 Mart. (o.s.) 702 1819 0 Successions, property, wills, sales, evidence Louisiana
Williams v. Howard 7 N.C. 74 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Skinner v. Skinner 7 N.C. 535 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina