Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bates v. Gordon 7 Va. 555 1790 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Clayton 7 Va. 554 1790 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Reeder v. Cartwright 2 Md. 469 1790 0 Maryland
Farrel v. Perry 2 N.C. 2 1790 0 Gifts North Carolina
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 de homine replidgiando Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 Marriage Settlement H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ferrell v. Perry 1 N.C. 27 1790 0 Action of detinune North Carolina
Arrington v. Arrington 2 N.C. 1 1789 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Merrit's Executors v. Merritt 1 N.C. 18 1789 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 Libel and Slander H.Ct of Chancery VA
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 0 Maryland
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 Gifts North Carolina
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Freedom Suit/Habeus ad subjiciendum SC of PA.
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Action of trespass Connecticut
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland