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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe on demise of Thompson v. Hodges 10 N.C. 51 1824 1 North Carolina
Bangs v. Hall 19 Mass. 368 1824 1 Massachusetts
Melancon's Heirs v. Duhamel 3 Mart. (n.s.) 7 1824 1 Louisiana
Jordan v. James 10 N.C. 110 1824 1 North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Barker 11 Serg. & Rawle 360 1824 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Smith v. Crockett 1 Minor 277 1824 0 Wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama
Rebecca v. Pumphrey 2 D.C. 514 1824 0 Freedom Petition United States
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 False imprisonment Massachusetts
United States v. Ellick 2 D.C. 412 1823 0 United States
Meeker v. Childress 1 Minor 109 1823 0 Action to recover medical expenses for enslaved person Alabama
United States v. Richard 2 D.C. 439 1823 0 Criminal Law United States
Amelia v. Caldwell 2 D.C. 418 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Baldwin v. Williams 1 Mart. (n.s.) 618 1823 0 Promissory notes, debts, sales, successions, recission, novation Louisiana
Crane v. Marshal 1 Mart. (n.s.) 577 1823 0 Successions, property, venue Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Johnson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 579 1823 0 Sales, successions, petitory action, suretyship Louisiana
Wood v. Lewis 1 Mart. (n.s.) 594 1823 0 Evidence, default judgment, record Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 1 Mart. (n.s.) 1 1823 0 Witness testimony, evidence, mortgages, bankruptcy, syndics, sales, property, seizure, trusts, damages, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Mitchel v. Jewell 1 Mart. (n.s.) 87 1823 0 Damages, fraud, community property, res judicata, prescription, redhibition Louisiana
Banks v. Trudeau 2 Mart. (n.s.) 39 1823 0 Promissory notes, community property, suretyship, mortgages, contracts, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Johnston's Ex'r v. Wall 1 Mart. (n.s.) 541 1823 0 Damages, torts, property, seizure, sales, mortgages, obligations, privileges Louisiana