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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Maples v. Mitty 12 La. Ann. 759 1857 0 Sales, successions, simulated donation, fraud Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Plant & Co. v. Voegelin 30 Ala. 160 1857 1 Alabama
Lowber v. McCoy 12 La. Ann. 795 1857 0 Sales, theft of enslaved person Louisiana
Finley v. Babin 12 La. Ann. 236 1857 0 Partition, mortgages, property, successions, probate Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Thomason v. Odum 31 Ala. 108 1857 1 Alabama
Williams v. Hartshorn 30 Ala. 211 1857 1 Alabama
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
Gil v. Williams 12 La. Ann. 219 1857 0 Smuggling of enslaved persons, forfeiture, obligations, contracts, consideration Louisiana
Scott, Carhart & Co. v. Jackson 12 La. Ann. 640 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Layton v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 515 1857 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Rochel v. Berwick 12 La. Ann. 847 1857 0 Probate, promissory notes Louisiana
Johnson v. Bloodworth 12 La. Ann. 699 1857 0 Mortgages, unrecorded acts, vendor's privileges Louisiana
Harris v. Brown 30 Ala. 401 1857 1 Alabama
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Riggin v. Kendig 12 La. Ann. 451 1857 0 Redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Richardson v. Bell 12 La. Ann. 296 1857 0 Redhibition, property, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana