Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Lingan v. Henderson 1 Bland 236 1821 1 Maryland
Boudereau v. Montgomery 3 F. Cas. 993 1821 1 United States
Bennett v. Maule's Adm'x 21 Va. 305 1821 1 Virginia
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Wheeler v. Russell 17 Mass. 257 1821 1 Massachusetts
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Garretson v. Lingan 10 F. Cas. 46 1821 1 United States
Judah v. Harris 19 Johns. 144 1821 1 New York
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
White v. Morris 8 N.C. 301 1821 1 North Carolina
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
Commonwealth v. Deacon 6 Serg. & Rawle 526 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Jones v. Loftin 9 N.C. 199 1822 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Bell v. Marine Insurance 8 Serg. & Rawle 98 1822 1 Pennsylvania
Ely v. Adams 19 Johns. 313 1822 1 New York
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York