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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Robards v. Wortham 17 N.C. 173 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Faulkner v. Faulkner's Ex'ors 30 Va. 255 1831 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hardin's Ex'ors v. Hardin 29 Va. 572 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 Manumission/witnesses United States
Arnold v. Cost 3 G. & J. 219 1831 0 Maryland
Harrison v. Faulk 3 La. 68 1831 0 Communiy property, damages, sales, sequestration, seizure, taxes, property Louisiana
Bishop's Ex'or v. Bishop 29 Va. 484 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Newell v. Mayberry 30 Va. 250 1831 0 Action in assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Gregory v. Baugh 29 Va. 665 1831 0 Action of freedom SC of Appeals VA
Durnford v. Clark's Estate 3 La. 199 1831 0 Hypothecary action, property, mortgages, sales, privileges, prescription, debts Louisiana
Bach v. Hall 3 La. 116 1831 0 Sales, delivery, possessory action, petitory action, parol evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Cary v. Gregg 3 Stew. 433 1831 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Winn v. Bob 30 Va. 140 1831 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Valsain v. Cloutier 3 La. 170 1831 0 Wills, debts, legitimacy, renunciation, property, successions, fraud, lesion, res judicara, filiation, prescription, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Burney's Heirs v. Lamothe 3 La. 195 1831 0 Sales, adverse possession, prescription, petitory action, community property, successions, debts, conflict of laws, property, damages Louisiana
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Delilah v. Jacobs 4 D.C. 238 1832 0 Freedom Petition United States
Dent v. Chiles 5 Stew. & P. 383 1832 0 Trover Alabama
Berry v. Harper 4 G. & J. 467 1832 0 Maryland