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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gremillon v. Crousillac 19 La. Ann. 377 1867 0 Abolition, Property Louisiana
Smith v. Taylor 10 Rob. 133 1845 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Roman v. Denny 19 La. Ann. 521 1867 0 Secured Transactions, Debts, Louisiana
Halley v. Hoeffner 19 La. Ann. 518 1867 0 Secured Transactions, Mortgage Louisiana
Folse v. New Orleans Coast & Lafourche Transportation Co. 19 La. Ann. 199 1867 0 Bailmant - runaway slave Louisiana
Austin v. Sandel 19 La. Ann. 309 1867 0 Contracts, Property, Abolition Louisiana
Fenn v. Carr 19 La. Ann. 106 1867 0 Sale of Slave after emancipation Louisiana
Hawkins v. Hudson 45 Ala. 482 1871 0 Action of ejectment Alabama
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Action for illegally seizing slave Massachusetts
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Manumission of a fugitive slave Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Insurance dispute over property including slaves Massachusetts
Parker v. Lewis 18 F. Cas. 1145 1829 0 Property dispute Arkansas
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Reece v. Johnson 20 F. Cas. 403 1829 0 Title dispute Arkansas
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Parter v. The Friendship 18 F. Cas. 1271 1831 0 Suit for salvage of alleged slave ship United States
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts