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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. Barnet 8 G. & J. 159 1836 0 Maryland
Divers v. Fulton 8 G. & J. 202 1836 0 Maryland
Marfield v. Davidson 8 G. & J. 209 1836 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Baily 8 G. & J. 32 1836 0 0 Maryland
John v. Morton 8 G. & J. 391 1836 0 Maryland
Pocock v. Hendricks 8 G. & J. 421 1837 0 Maryland
Hoffman v. Gold 8 G. & J. 79 1836 0 Maryland
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 1847 0 Tennessee
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Recovery for trafficking slave SC of New York
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Recovery for haboring slaves SC of New York
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 8 La. 228 1835 0 Partition, property, successions, prescription Louisiana
Louise v. Marot 8 La. 475 1835 0 emancipation, freedom suit, donations, successions Louisiana
Strawbridge v. Turner 8 La. 537 1835 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person, liability, damages Louisiana
Succession of Mielke 8 La. Ann. 11 1853 0 Successions, property, res judicata Louisiana
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Mortgages, judicial seizure, property Louisiana
Adams v. Routh 8 La. Ann. 121 1853 0 Emancipation, donations, property, wills Louisiana
Succession of Cresswell 8 La. Ann. 122 1853 0 Emancipation, wills, property Louisiana
Johnson v. Weld 8 La. Ann. 126 1853 0 Red judicata, property, donations Louisiana
State v. Executors of McDonogh 8 La. Ann. 171 1853 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity, property, donations, substitutions Louisiana
Rountree v. Brilliant Steamboat Co. 8 La. Ann. 289 1853 0 Property, death of enslaved person, torts Louisiana