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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Sales, emancipation, property Louisiana
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hayes v. Clarke 12 La. Ann. 666 1856 0 Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Saufley v. Jackson 16 Tex. 579 1856 0 Texas
Kendrick v. Rice 16 Tex. 254 1856 0 Will & trust Texas
Doty v. Moore 16 Tex. 591 1856 0 Confessions of a slave dispute Texas
Beatty v. Dufief 11 La. Ann. 74 1856 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
State v. Martinez 11 La. Ann. 23 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
State v. Wedemeyer 11 La. Ann. 49 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Prescription, sales, property Louisiana
Peyton v. Richards 11 La. Ann. 62 1856 0 Death of enslaved person, negligence, employment law Louisiana
Webb v. Deeson 11 La. Ann. 84 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Hewitt v. Stewart's Executor 11 La. Ann. 100 1856 0 Mortgages, hypothecary action, sales Louisiana
Kesler v. Robson 16 Tex. 119 1856 0 Sale of salve dispute Texas
McLemore v. McClellan 17 Tex. 122 1856 0 Recovery for wages Texas