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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Slatter v. Holton 19 La. 39 1841 0 Sequestration, privileges, conversion Louisiana
Rochelle v. Alvarez 8 Mart. (n.s.) 171 1829 0 Sequestration, petitory action, sales, fraud Louisiana
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Johnston v. Cammack, Squires & West 13 La. Ann. 594 1858 0 Sequestration, mortgage Louisiana
Clarke v. Scott 2 La. Ann. 907 1847 0 Sequestration, damages, suretyship, bonds, false pretenses, fraud, petitory action, property, sales, title Louisiana
Macon v. Willson 9 La. Ann. 178 1854 0 Sequestration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Foxworth v. Burckhalter 3 La. Ann. 365 1848 0 Sequestration, bonds, suretyship, judicial seizure, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Perry v. Commissioners for the Liquidation of the Clinton & Port Hudson Rail Road 11 Rob. 412 1845 0 Separation of powers, forfeiture, liquidation, property, sales, bonds Louisiana
Oglesby v. Hall 30 Ga. 386 1860 0 Separate Property Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Sentencing a Slave to Death for the Rape of a White Women Supreme Court of FL
Thompson v. Thompson's Heirs 11 La. 324 1837 0 Sells, privileges, mortgages, debts Louisiana
Amos v. State 34 Ga. 531 1866 0 Sell of liquor to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
United States v. Prout 27 F. Cas. 625 1833 0 Selling Liquor to 'negroes' in a public manner. /Disorderly House United States
Edwards v. State 22 Ark. 303 1860 0 Selling liquor to enslaved person Arkansas
Omey v. State 23 Ark. 281 1861 0 Selling liquor to an enslaved person Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Nix 38 Va. 636 1841 0 Selling a free man as a slave General Ct. of VA
United States v. Clark 2 D.C. 620 1825 0 Self Defense/ Manslaughter United States
Staples v. Bouligny 10 Rob. 424 1845 0 Seizure, writ of fifa, sales Louisiana
Escurieux v. Chapdu 12 La. 520 1846 0 Seizure, successions, witness testimony, sales, promissory notes Louisiana
Beon v. Morgan 5 Mart. (n.s.) 701 1827 0 Seizure, successions, partition, property, possessory action Louisiana