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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Fortier v. M'Donogh 4 Mart. (o.s.) 718 1817 0 Wages, labor, damages, contracts Louisiana
Bayon v. Mollere 4 Mart. (o.s.) 621 1817 0 Petitory action, damages, sales, evidence Louisiana
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Cooley v. Lawrence 4 Mart. (o.s.) 639 1817 0 Sales, promissory notes, contracts, debts, evidence, obligations, suretyship, indemnification, privileges Louisiana
Gale v. Davis' heirs 4 Mart. (o.s.) 645 1817 0 Successions, partition, wills, property, community property, mortgages, sales, damages Louisiana
Jones v. Gale's Curatrix 4 Mart. (o.s.) 635 1817 0 Sales, debts, novation, mortgages, evidence, successions Louisiana
Muse Executor of Heffernan v. Vidal 20 Va. 27 1817 0 Trespass to Land SC of Appeals VA
Bayon v. Tricou 5 Mart. (o.s.) 1 1817 0 Property, sales, recission Louisiana
Thompson v. Clarke 2 D.C. 145 1817 0 Freedom Petition/ wills United States
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Runaway slave charged with fornication and bastardy SC of PA.
Allen v. Parham 19 Va. 457 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Stockdale v. Escaut 4 Mart. (o.s.) 564 1817 0 Sales, evidence, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Trudeau's Ex'r. v. Robinette 4 Mart. (o.s.) 577 1817 0 Successions, emancipation, sales, freedom suit, property, evidence Louisiana
Colemans v. Holladay 20 Va. 47 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Selby's Lessee v. Williss 4 H. & J. 242 1817 0 Maryland
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland