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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Lambert v. King 12 La. Ann. 662 1856 0 Contracts, mistreatment of enslaved persons Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hayes v. Clarke 12 La. Ann. 666 1856 0 Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Sale of enslaved person, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
State v. Hollin 12 La. Ann. 677 1856 1 Louisiana
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Sales, emancipation, property Louisiana
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Sales, usufruct, property Louisiana
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Tutorship, property, fraud Louisiana
Johnson v. Bloodworth 12 La. Ann. 699 1857 0 Mortgages, unrecorded acts, vendor's privileges Louisiana
Nouvet v. Heirs of Armant 12 La. Ann. 71 1857 0 warranty, recovery on enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Morgan 12 La. Ann. 712 1857 0 Sales Louisiana
Manice v. Duncan 12 La. Ann. 715 1857 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages Louisiana
Carmouche v. Carmouche 12 La. Ann. 721 1857 0 Donation inter vivos, usufruct Louisiana
Toler v. Cushman 12 La. Ann. 733 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, estates, promissory notes Louisiana
West Feliciana Railroad v. Thornton 12 La. Ann. 736 1857 1 Louisiana
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Dispute over sale of enslaved person Louisiana