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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Mose v. State 36 Ala. 211 1860 0 Murder indicment Alabama
State v. Harrison 11 La. Ann. 722 1856 0 Murder, imprisonment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Adeline 11 La. Ann. 736 1856 0 Murder, execution, confessions Louisiana
Hardy v. Voorhies 14 La. Ann. 776 1859 0 Murder, Execution Louisiana
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Murder, damages, negligence, torts, contributory negligence Louisiana
Arnoult v. Deschapelles 4 La. Ann. 41 1849 0 Murder, damages, evidence, criminal law, liability Louisiana
Sterling v. Luckett 7 Mart. (n.s.) 198 1828 0 Murder, damages Louisiana
State v. Dick 4 La. Ann. 182 1849 0 Murder, criminal law, peremptory challenges, Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Ray v. State 15 Ga. 223 1854 0 Murder case involving slave Georgia
Hill v. State 28 Ga. 604 1859 0 Murder case Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Moore 8 Rob. 518 1843 0 Murder, black code, manslaughter, criminal law, statutory interpretation, property Louisiana
United States v. Bowen 4 D.C. 604 1835 0 Murder United States
State v. Patrick 48 N.C. 443 1856 0 Murder North Carolina
Peter v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 330 1823 0 Murder General Ct of VA
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Frank 50 N.C. 384 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Sam 53 N.C. 150 1860 0 Murder North Carolina