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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Deacon 6 Serg. & Rawle 526 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lingan v. Henderson 1 Bland 236 1821 1 Maryland
Garretson v. Lingan 10 F. Cas. 46 1821 1 United States
Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
United States v. Kennedy 26 F. Cas. 762 1821 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. PA.
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Van Alst v. Hunter 5 Johns. Ch. 148 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Hepburn v. Sewell 5 H. & J. 211 1821 0 Maryland
Burke v. Levy's Executors 22 Va. 1 1821 1 Virginia
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Baker v. Preston 21 Va. 235 1821 1 Virginia
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Dussuau v. Rilieux 9 Mart. (o.s.) 318 1821 0 Suretyship, damages, seizure, property, sales, debts Louisiana
Chiapella v. Lanusse's Syndics 10 Mart. (o.s.) 448 1821 0 Sales, property, mortgages, syndics, privileges, bankruptcy Louisiana
Julien v. Langlish 9 Mart. (o.s.) 205 1821 0 Successions, freedom suit, emancipation, property, witness testimony Louisiana
Dunbar v. Nichols 10 Mart. (o.s.) 184 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, prescription, witness testimony Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 10 Mart. (o.s.) 25 1821 0 Wills, capacity, emancipation, newly discovered evidence, parol evidence, successions Louisiana
St. Romes v. Pore 10 Mart. (o.s.) 203 1821 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, evidence Louisiana
Frederic v. Frederic 10 Mart. (o.s.) 188 1821 0 Community property, successions, donations, property, usufruct, debts Louisiana