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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Successions, fraud, simulation, sales, consideration, property Louisiana
Cooper v. Cooper 17 N.C. 298 1832 0 Deeds North Carolina
Haywood v. Sledge 14 N.C. 338 1832 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Edelen v. State ex rel. Jackson 4 G. & J. 277 1832 0 Maryland
Burch v. State ex rel. McPherson 4 G. & J. 444 1832 0 Maryland
Berry v. Harper 4 G. & J. 467 1832 0 Maryland
Mitchell v. Mitchell 3 Stew. & P. 81 1832 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Herrington v. Bradford's Executrix 1 Miss. 520 1832 0 Action of detinue for slaves Mississippi
De L'Homme v. De Kerlegand 4 La. 353 1832 0 Property, promissory notes, successions, debts, fraud, sales, simulation, intervention, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Bissell v. Bozman 17 N.C. 229 1832 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Walter v. Miller 1 Del. 7 1832 0 Act of trover of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
Jim v. State 3 Mo. 147 1832 0 Missouri
Foster v. Hall 29 Mass. 89 1832 1 Massachusetts
Mills v. Williams 2 Stew. & P. 390 1832 0 Lien dispute Alabama
Jones v. Wootten 1 Del. 77 1832 0 Determining whether a person was enslaved Delaware
Commonwealth v. Shepard 3 Pen. & W. 509 1832 1 Pennsylvania
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
Prall v. Peet’s Curator 3 La. 274 1832 0 Louisiana
Johnston v. Barrett 18 S.C.L. 562 1831 1 South Carolina
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina