Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Benson v. Anderson 4 H. & J. 315 1818 0 Maryland
Fishwick's Adm'r. v. Sewell 4 H. & J. 393 1818 0 Maryland
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
Hannah v. Sparkes 4 H. & J. 310 1818 0 Maryland
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Timberlake v. Graves 20 Va. 174 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Peggy v. Legg 20 Va. 229 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA