Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Craik's Administrators v. Clark 3 N.C. 22 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Anonymous 3 N.C. 26 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Gray v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 139 1797 0 Issue of funding of enslaved individuals in a will Delaware
Harrison v. Hunter 1 Del. Cas. 138 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man; issue of motions Delaware
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Starkey's Adm'rs. v. M'Clure 1 N.C. 73 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty Delaware
Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 63 1797 0 Maryland
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Indictment for assault and battery on an enslaved man by a deputized man Delaware
Wright v. Walker 3 N.C. 16 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. George 1 Del. Cas. 161 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty due to alibi Delaware