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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
White v. Gleason 15 La. Ann. 479 1860 0 Emancipation of minor heir, Property Louisiana
Harrison v. Harrison 9 Ala. 470 1846 0 Emancipation of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Raines v. Raines's Executors 51 Ala. 237 1874 0 Emancipation of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Phebe v. Quillin 21 Ark. 490 1860 0 Emancipation of enslaved persons Arkansas
Briscoe v. Tarkington 5 La. 692 1850 0 Emancipation, obligations, mortgages, property Louisiana
Heirs of Trahan v. Trahan 8 La. Ann. 455 1853 0 Emancipation, marital property, wills Louisiana
Dorothee v. Coquillon 7 Mart. (n.s.) 350 1829 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, standing Louisiana
Moosa v. Allain 4 Mart. (n.s.) 99 1825 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, sales, wills, recission Louisiana
Metayer v. Metayer 6 Mart. (o.s.) 16 1819 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, false imprisonment, damages, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Fanchonette v. Grangé 5 Rob. 510 1843 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, evidence Louisiana
Louise v. Marot 8 La. 475 1835 0 emancipation, freedom suit, donations, successions Louisiana
Miller v. Miller 4 La. Ann. 354 1849 0 Emancipation, fraud, freedom suit, property Louisiana
Adams v. Routh 8 La. Ann. 121 1853 0 Emancipation, donations, property, wills Louisiana
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Purvis v. Sherrod 12 Tex. 140 1854 0 Emancipation dispute Texas
Logan v. State 40 Ala. 733 1867 0 Emancipation dispute Alabama
Baker v. Tabor 7 La. Ann. 556 1852 0 Emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Haynes v. Forno 8 La. Ann. 35 1853 0 Emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Jones v. State 13 La. Ann. 406 1858 0 Emancipation, Louisiana
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana