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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Bender v. Reynolds 12 Ala. 446 1847 0 Dispute over Deed in Marriage Agreement Alabama
Miller v. Eatman 11 Ala. 609 1847 0 Detinue for four enslaved persons Alabama
McCulloch v. Norris 5 Pa. 285 1847 1 Pennsylvania
Williams v. Avent 40 N.C. 47 1847 0 Fraud North Carolina
Buchanan v. Matlock 27 Tenn. 390 1847 0 Tennessee
Graves v. Weeks 19 Vt. 178 1847 1 Vermont
Green v. Thomas 8 Ark. 56 1847 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Thompson v. Ives 11 Ala. 239 1847 1 Alabama
Roebuck v. Curry 2 La. Ann. 998 1847 0 Damages, batteryk witness testimony, criminal law, emancipation Louisiana
Headen v. Oubre 2 La. Ann. 142 1847 0 Sales, property, privileges Louisiana
Erwin v. Lowry 2 La. Ann. 314 1847 0 Pormissory notes, property, mortgages, prescription, seizure, sales, successions Louisiana
Dunbar v. His Creditors 2 La. Ann. 727 1847 0 Successions, mortgages, privileges, community property, sales, prescription, debts Louisiana
Fisher v. Gordy 2 La. Ann. 762 1847 0 Fieri facias, community property, seizure, sale, contracts, debts, privileges Louisiana
State v. Gilbert 2 La. Ann. 244 1847 0 Criminal law, rape, confessions, res judicata, statutory interpretation, capital punishment, witness testimony Louisiana
Depas v. Riez 2 La. Ann. 30 1847 0 Community property, successions, privileges, debts, division in kind, promissory notes, usufruct Louisiana
Bloodworth v. Jacobs 2 La. Ann. 24 1847 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, sales, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Arsene v. Pigneguy 2 La. Ann. 620 1847 0 Freedom suit, domicile, conflict of laws Louisiana
Jones v. Laney ex rel. Colbert 2 Tex. 342 1847 0 Action for freedom Texas
Vitrac v. Rey 2 La. Ann. 824 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales Louisiana