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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Conner v. Shepherd 15 Mass. 164 1818 1 Massachusetts
Hicks v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 691 1818 0 Successions, property, community property, intestacy Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Langlish v. Schons 5 Mart. (o.s.) 405 1818 0 Damages, agency, fraud, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Jourdan v. Patton 5 Mart. (o.s.) 615 1818 0 Torts, damages, indemnification, property Louisiana
Mayes v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 669 1818 0 Sales, delivery, consideration, promissory notes, property, seizure, evidence Louisiana
Highlander v. Fluke 5 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1818 0 Property, seizure, sales, consideration, witness testimony, fraud, debts Louisiana
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Peytavin v. Hopkins 5 Mart. (o.s.) 438 1818 0 Debts, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, privileges, successions, hearsay Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Lucile v. Toustin 5 Mart. (o.s.) 611 1818 0 Adverse possession, evidence, sales, prescription, parol evidence, contracts, conflict of laws, best evidence rule Louisiana
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana