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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leverich v. Adams 11 La. Ann. 510 1856 0 Property, seizure, fraud, vendor's privileges Louisiana
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 496 1856 0 Writ of possession, Louisiana
Devron v. His Creditors 11 La. Ann. 482 1856 0 Mortgages, creditor's rights, property, sales Louisiana
Levi v. Penny 11 La. Ann. 539 1856 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sequestration, property, tutorship Louisiana
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
State v. Bass 11 La. Ann. 478 1856 0 Criminal law, murder of enslaved person, character evidence Louisiana
Fluker v. Bobo 11 La. Ann. 609 1856 0 Property, Seizure, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 11 La. Ann. 463 1856 0 Prescription, manumission, human trafficking Louisiana
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Emancipcation, wills, character evidence Louisiana
Flemming v. Rotchford 11 La. Ann. 400 1856 0 Sales, mortgages, property Louisiana
Saufley v. Jackson 16 Tex. 579 1856 0 Texas
Doty v. Moore 16 Tex. 591 1856 0 Confessions of a slave dispute Texas
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Leases, torts, employment law Louisiana
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Tutorship, property, fraud Louisiana
George v. Greenwood 11 La. Ann. 299 1856 0 Runaway enslaved person, Indian territory Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
Woodward v. Lurty 11 La. Ann. 280 1856 0 Tutorship, probate, marital property, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Pratt v. McHatton 11 La. Ann. 260 1856 0 Partnerships, Contracts, leases, debts Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana