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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 Freedom/Manumission United States
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Fishwick's Adm'r. v. Sewell 4 H. & J. 393 1818 0 Maryland
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Andry v. Foy 7 Mart. (o.s.) 33 1819 0 Redhibition, recission, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, evidence Louisiana
Saulet v. Loiseau 6 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1819 0 Sales, warranty, recission, redhibition, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Marriage, manumission, capacity, contracts, emancipation Louisiana
Andry v. Foy 6 Mart. (o.s.) 689 1819 0 Sales, promissory notes, successions, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, contracts Louisiana
Cowan v. Green 7 N.C. 569 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gomez v. Bonneval 6 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1819 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Riden v. Frion 7 N.C. 577 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jourdan v. Williams 6 Mart. (o.s.) 659 1819 0 Successions, privileges, property, sales, community property Louisiana
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
Ellison v. Woody 20 Va. 368 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Rouville v. Rouville 6 Mart. (o.s.) 702 1819 0 Successions, property, wills, sales, evidence Louisiana
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina