Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Higgins v. Allen 3 Md. 504 1796 0 0 Maryland
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Declaration of freedom Connecticut
Pearpoint v. Henry 2 Va. 192 1796 0 Action of trover and conversion SC of Appeals VA
Jacobs v. Aydelot 1 Del. Cas. 411 1796 0 Action of trover; Change of venue Delaware
Raymer & Beatty v. Sim 3 Md. 451 1796 0 Maryland
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Shelton v. Barbour 2 Va. 64 1795 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, & false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Whetcroft v. Dorsey 3 Md. 357 1795 0 Maryland
Respublica v. Richards 1 Yeates 480 1795 0 Indictment for failure to abide by gradual abolition SC of PA.
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Action against illegal exportation of slaves Connecticut
Stafford v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 66 1795 0 Enslaved man who carried out stealing of money for his owner Delaware
Garner v. Executors of Garner 1 S.C. Eq. 437 1795 0 Wills & Estates South Carolina
Turberville v. Self 8 Va. 580 1795 0 Action in replevin SC of Appeals VA
Brock v. Philips 2 Va. 68 1795 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Administratrix of Brown 2 Va. 151 1795 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Evans v. Evans 1 Del. Cas. 76 1795 0 Order of replevin of an enslaved man after a dispute of a will Delaware
Respublica v. Bob 4 U.S. 125 1795 0 Indictment for first degree murder SC of PA.
Anonymous 2 N.C. 259 1795 0 Estates North Carolina
Nash v. Administrators of Nash 2 N.C. 261 1795 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina