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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Laney ex rel. Colbert 2 Tex. 342 1847 0 Action for freedom Texas
Stachlin v. Destrehan 2 La. Ann. 1019 1847 0 Damages, larceny, battery, jury selection, property, trespass, jury instruction, venue Louisiana
Bell v. Murphy 2 La. Ann. 765 1847 0 Promissory notes, successions, mortgages, property Louisiana
Underwood v. Parrott 2 Tex. 168 1847 0 Sale of slaves dispute Texas
Gilbert v. Meriam 2 La. Ann. 160 1847 0 Tutorship, suretyship, prescription, dales, property, successions Louisiana
Perot v. Chambers 2 La. Ann. 800 1847 0 Mortgages, property, bonds, seizure, sales, fieri facias, privileges, recordation Louisiana
Cavelier v. Moss 2 La. Ann. 584 1847 0 Title, prescription, sales, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, eviction Louisiana
Fisher v. Gordy 2 La. Ann. 762 1847 0 Fieri facias, community property, seizure, sale, contracts, debts, privileges Louisiana
Dickerman v. Reagan 2 La. Ann. 440 1847 0 Community property, debts, agency, conflict of laws Louisiana
Harvey v. Kendall 2 La. Ann. 748 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Pahnvitz v. Fassman 2 La. Ann. 625 1847 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, warranty, newly discovered evidence, witness testimony Louisiana
Vickery v. Ward 2 Tex. 212 1847 0 Debt dispute Texas
Sanders v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 393 1847 0 Community property, seizure, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
Clapp v. Walters 2 Tex. 130 1847 0 Action to recover slave Texas
Groves v. Steel 2 La. Ann. 480 1847 0 Promissory notes, sales, community property, debts, deeds, simulation, fraud, suretyship Louisiana
Chandler v. State 2 Tex. 306 1847 0 Homicide of a slave Texas
Farrar v. Rowly 2 La. Ann. 475 1847 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, community property, stocks, seizure, sales, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Grinder v. State 2 Tex. 339 1847 0 Action against owner of slave who allegedly committed murder Texas
Dwight v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 459 1847 0 Sales, freedom suit, eviction, seizure, bonds, obligations Louisiana
Kemp v. Rowly 2 La. Ann. 316 1847 0 Hyopthecary action, partition, property, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, tutorship, prescription Louisiana