Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Trudeau's Ex'r. v. Robinette 4 Mart. (o.s.) 577 1817 0 Successions, emancipation, sales, freedom suit, property, evidence Louisiana
Thompson v. Clarke 2 D.C. 145 1817 0 Freedom Petition/ wills United States
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Vansant v. Money 4 H. & J. 313 1818 0 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Cummings v. MacGill 6 N.C. 357 1818 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Den on the demise of Arrington v. Alston 6 N.C. 321 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Campbell v. Staiert 6 N.C. 389 1818 0 Trespass North Carolina
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Chew Executor of Wormeley v. Moffett 20 Va. 120 1818 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bennett v. Hardaway 20 Va. 125 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Givens v. Manns 20 Va. 191 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States