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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Darby's Lessee v. Russel 6 Tenn. 139 1818 1 Tennessee
Keeble v. Cummins 6 Tenn. 43 1818 1 Tennessee
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 Freedom/Manumission United States
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
Conner v. Shepherd 15 Mass. 164 1818 1 Massachusetts
De Fontaine v. De Fontaine 5 H. & J. 99 1818 0 0 Maryland
Mayes v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 669 1818 0 Sales, delivery, consideration, promissory notes, property, seizure, evidence Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Langlish v. Schons 5 Mart. (o.s.) 405 1818 0 Damages, agency, fraud, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition 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
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana