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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Administrator de bonis non of M'Ilwinny v. Carraway 4 N.C. 194 1817 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Moore v. Rider 2 Del. Cas. 324 1817 0 Estate issue of the continuation of passing on enslaved individuals from 20 years ago Delaware
Laspeyre v. M'Farland 4 N.C. 187 1817 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Colemans v. Holladay 20 Va. 47 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Stainback 19 Va. 305 1817 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Withers's Executrix v. Withers's Executor 20 Va. 10 1817 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Muse Executor of Heffernan v. Vidal 20 Va. 27 1817 0 Trespass to Land SC of Appeals VA
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Recovery for supporting defendant's slave SC of New York
Henderson v. Tom 4 H. & J. 282 1817 0 0 Maryland
Richardson v. Saltar 4 N.C. 68 1817 0 Trespass North Carolina
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Petit v. Gillet 5 Mart. (o.s.) 19 1817 0 Abatement, prescription, res judicata, property, evidence Louisiana
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
South v. Solomon 20 Va. 12 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware