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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Armstrong v. Simonton's adm'r 6 N.C. 351 1818 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Helme v. Guy 6 N.C. 341 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lewis v. Thornton 20 Va. 87 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Hill 20 Va. 114 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
President v. Hodgson 20 Va. 163 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Greshams v. Gresham 20 Va. 187 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bolling v. Robertson 20 Va. 220 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Harry v. Decker 1 Miss. 36 1818 0 Question of freedom for slave Mississippi
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
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
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Givens v. Manns 20 Va. 191 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Blakey v. Newby's Administrators 20 Va. 64 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Powell v. Executor of Powell 6 N.C. 326 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware