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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Taylor v. Lanier 7 N.C. 98 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wright v. Deacon 5 Serg. & Rawle 62 1819 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages SC of PA.
Davis v. Brooks 7 N.C. 133 1819 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Blackledge v. Singleton 7 N.C. 597 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Williams v. Howard 7 N.C. 74 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Helme v. Guy 6 N.C. 341 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Armstrong v. Simonton's adm'r 6 N.C. 351 1818 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wright v. Lowe's Executors 6 N.C. 354 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 Freedom/Manumission United States
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Powell v. Executor of Powell 6 N.C. 326 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Den on demise of Bowen v. M'Cullough 4 N.C. 261 1818 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Peggy v. Legg 20 Va. 229 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA