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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
Wood v. Hardy 11 La. Ann. 760 1856 0 Promissory notes, property, wills, emancipation Louisiana
Leverich v. Adams 11 La. Ann. 510 1856 0 Property, seizure, fraud, vendor's privileges Louisiana
McMaster v. Stewart 11 La. Ann. 546 1856 0 Curatorship, Dispute over title of enslaved persons, prescription, sales Louisiana
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
Brack v. Wood 11 La. Ann. 512 1856 0 Possessory action, witness identification, dispute over ownership of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Dorvin v. Wiltz 11 La. Ann. 514 1856 0 Marital property, divorce Louisiana
Mock v. Kennedy 11 La. Ann. 527 1856 0 Redhibition, sales, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 11 La. Ann. 559 1856 0 Contracts, marital property Louisiana
Bryan v. Day 11 La. Ann. 601 1856 0 Securities, bonds, subrogation Louisiana
Jones v. Moore 11 La. Ann. 616 1856 0 Bonds, Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Estate of Routon 11 La. Ann. 621 1856 0 Partition of enslaved persons, heirs, Louisiana
Wilson v. Bossier 11 La. Ann. 640 1856 0 Unpaid wages, employment, attempted murder of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Delerno 11 La. Ann. 648 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, selling liquor to enslaved person, criminal law Louisiana
Miltenberger v. Elam 11 La. Ann. 667 1856 0 Property, debts, successions, tutorship, sales Louisiana
Heirs of Bordelon v. Heirs of Baron 11 La. Ann. 676 1856 0 Successions, collateral heirs, property, wills, vices of confection Louisiana
Calvit v. Mulhollan 11 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Wills, property, inheritence Louisiana
Fort v. Union Bank of Louisiana 11 La. Ann. 708 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, promissory notes, privileges Louisiana