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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Mitchell v. Armitage 10 Mart. (o.s.) 38 1821 0 Negligence, labor, recission, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana
Thrasher v. Riverbend Stables, LLC No. M200802698COARMCV, 2009 WL 275767, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 5, 2009) 2009 1 negligence, indemnification provision Tennessee
In re McIntire No. 04-15864, 2008 WL 1771861, at *17 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. Apr. 14, 2008) 2008 1 negligence, indemnification provision Tennessee
Corey Greene v. Yaseen Titi d/b/a Crush Night Club M2008-02788-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010) 2010 2 negligence, indemnification provision TN
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
Robertson v. Beavers 3 Port. 385 1836 0 Negligence Against Sheriff for not Making Deed in Execution Alabama
Governor v. Pearce 31 Ala. 465 1858 0 Negligence against Jailer Alabama
Cook v. Parham 24 Ala. 21 1853 0 Negligence Alabama
Howard v. Coleman 36 Ala. 721 1860 0 Negligence Alabama
Mandeville v. Cookendorfer 3 D.C. 397 1828 0 Negligence United States
Poole v. North Carolina Rail Road 53 N.C. 340 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Haden v. North Carolina Railroad 53 N.C. 362 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Mandeville v. Cookenderfer 3 D.C. 257 1827 0 Negligence United States
Garrett v. Freeman 50 N.C. 78 1857 0 Negligence North Carolina
Lowe v. Stockton 4 D.C. 537 1835 0 Negligence United States
Dormenon's Case 1 Mart. (o.s.) 129 1810 0 Mutiny, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Hagan v. Ocean Insurance 10 Rob. 333 1845 0 Mutiny, insurance policy Louisiana
Andrews v. Ocean Insurance 10 Rob. 332 1845 0 Mutiny, insurance policy Louisiana
Johnson v. Ocean Insurance 10 Rob. 334 1845 0 Mutiny, insurance policy Louisiana
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Murder trial of enslaved men for the murder of their master Mississippi