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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Love v. Boyd 2 D.C. 156 1818 0 Negligent Slave escape. United States
Givens v. Manns 20 Va. 191 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
De Fontaine v. De Fontaine 5 H. & J. 99 1818 0 0 Maryland
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Peggy v. Legg 20 Va. 229 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Mayes v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 669 1818 0 Sales, delivery, consideration, promissory notes, property, seizure, evidence Louisiana
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Augustin v. Cailleau 5 Mart. (o.s.) 464 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, seizure, successions, sequestration, property Louisiana
Jourdan v. Patton 5 Mart. (o.s.) 615 1818 0 Torts, damages, indemnification, property Louisiana
Smithwick v. Jordan 15 Mass. 113 1818 1 Massachusetts