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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
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
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Mariner v. Kershaw 2 Del. Cas. 576 1820 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Case of Jones 2 Del. Cas. 622 1821 0 Order of replevein of three kidnapped enslaved individuals Delaware
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
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
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty Delaware
Ponder v. Moseley 2 Fla. 207 1848 0 Validity of the Sale of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Le Baron v. Fauntleroy 2 Fla. 276 1848 0 Appeal for a Revocation of Probate Supreme Court of FL
Williams v. Moseley ex rel. Smith 2 Fla. 304 1848 0 Dispute over Ownership of Propery at time of the Testator's Death Supreme Court of FL
Watts v. Clardy 2 Fla. 369 1848 0 Attachment of Marital Rights for Slaves Devised in Estate Supreme Court of FL
Hopkins v. Burney 2 Fla. 42 1848 0 Recovery of a Slave after a Verdict to Return Supreme Court of FL
Sibley v. Maria 2 Fla. 553 1849 0 Dispute over Directing an Estate on Conditions Supreme Court of FL
Lanier v. Chappell ex rel. Monroe 2 Fla. 621 1849 0 Suit for the Work and Labor of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Vason v. Merchants' Bank 2 Ga. 140 1847 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Hester v. Young 2 Ga. 31 1847 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Edelen's Ex'rs v. Dent's Adm'rs 2 G. & J. 185 1830 0 Maryland
Stockett v. Watkins' Admr's 2 G. & J. 326 1830 0 Maryland