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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Arnandez v. Lawes 5 La. 127 1850 0 Murder, torts, damages Louisiana
State v. White 13 La. Ann. 573 1858 0 Murder, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Luquis v. State 72 S.W.3d 355 2002 1 murder, sentencing Texas
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Carmouche v. Bouis 6 La. Ann. 95 1851 0 Murder, property, self defense, trespass, larceny Louisiana
Dowling v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 280 1872 0 Murder of slave Mississippi
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Laparouse v. Rice 13 La. Ann. 567 1858 0 Murder of enslaved person Louisiana
Brooks v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 669 1833 0 Murder of a slave General Ct. of VA
John v. State 33 Ga. 257 1862 0 Murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Thompson v. Young 30 Miss. 17 1855 0 Murder of a runaway enslaved man Mississippi
Barrow v. McDonald 12 La. Ann. 110 1857 0 murder of an enslaved person, accounts, property, liquidation Louisiana
Fleytas v. Pontchartrain Rail Road 18 La. 339 1841 0 Murder, negligence, torts Louisiana
State v. Jerry 4 La. Ann. 190 1849 0 Murder, jury selection Louisiana
Elliott v. State 46 Ga. 159 1872 0 Murder intent Supreme Court of Georgia