Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Robertson v. Depriest 20 Va. 469 1820 1 Virginia
Gray v. Reardon 2 D.C. 219 1820 0 Agency Law United States
Jaques v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 17 Johns. 548 1820 1 New York
The London Packet 18 U.S. 132 1820 1 United States
Ela v. Card 2 N.H. 175 1820 1 New Hampshire
Knight v. Yarbrough 21 Va. 27 1820 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Backhouse v. Jett 2 F. Cas. 316 1821 0 Suit in equity Cir Ct, D of VA
Vandewall v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 275 1821 1 Virginia
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Bean v. Smith 2 F. Cas. 1143 1821 1 United States
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Myers & Son v. Friend & Scott 22 Va. 12 1821 1 Virginia
Chapel v. Bull 17 Mass. 213 1821 1 Massachusetts
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Aldrich v. Fox 1 Me. 316 1821 1 Maine
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 Indictments United States
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States