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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Vansant v. Money 4 H. & J. 313 1818 0 Maryland
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Smithwick v. Jordan 15 Mass. 113 1818 1 Massachusetts
Weeden v. Bartlett 20 Va. 123 1818 1 Virginia
Duncan v. Lyon 3 Johns. Ch. 351 1818 1 New York
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Den on the demise of Arrington v. Alston 6 N.C. 321 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lynch v. Hill 20 Va. 114 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Thornton 20 Va. 87 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Den v. Payne 6 Tenn. 104 1818 1 Tennessee
Cheatham v. Jones & Co. 6 Tenn. 37 1818 1 Tennessee
President v. Hodgson 20 Va. 163 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Greshams v. Gresham 20 Va. 187 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States
United States v. Godley 25 F. Cas. 1341 1818 1 United States
Bolling v. Robertson 20 Va. 220 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Machir's Executor v. Machir's Devisees 20 Va. 265 1818 1 Virginia
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States
Hamilton v. Bradley 6 Tenn. 127 1818 1 Tennessee
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 Freedom/Manumission United States