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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 10 Mart. (o.s.) 25 1821 0 Wills, capacity, emancipation, newly discovered evidence, parol evidence, successions Louisiana
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Leonard's Tutor v. Mandeville 9 Mart. (o.s.) 489 1821 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 398 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission, indeminification Louisiana
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Goode 8 N.C. 463 1821 0 Larceny North Carolina
Foster v. Cook 8 N.C. 509 1821 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Nass v. Vanswearingen 7 Serg. & Rawle 192 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Gibbons v. Morse 7 N.J.L. 253 1821 Recovery for value of slave New Jersey
Palmer v. Popelston 8 N.C. 307 1821 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Edwards v. Massey 8 N.C. 359 1821 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Trotter v. Howard 8 N.C. 320 1821 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Smith v. Niel 8 N.C. 341 1821 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Executors of Walker v. Campbell 8 N.C. 304 1821 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hall v. Mullin 5 H. & J. 190 1821 0 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 ?? General Ct of VA
Hughes v. Milly 5 H. & J. 310 1821 0 0 Maryland
Didlake v. Hooper 21 Va. 194 1821 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA