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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gray v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 139 1797 0 Issue of funding of enslaved individuals in a will Delaware
Bellach v. Gabb 2 Del. Cas. 231 1805 0 Qui tam action for illegal expotation; $100 Delaware
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware
Anderson v. Thoroughgood 5 Del. 199 1849 0 Grant of freedom after illegal exportation Delaware
Simpson v. Warren 5 Del. 371 1852 0 Returning of two enslaved people who escaped Delaware
Borroughs v. Broxon 3 Del. Cas. 217 1829 0 Transferance of enslaved individuals to the proper descendant 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
Ingram v. Gaskins 3 Del. Cas. 25 1822 0 Qui tam action against a man who illegally exported an enslaved individual Delaware
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Handy v. Clark 9 Del. 16 1869 0 Ability to recover damages for failed wages when "voluntarily" enslaved; right for her to testify Delaware
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Trover of an enslaved individual Delaware
Morris v. Cannon 1 Del. 220 1833 0 No replevin to a free man; issue of whether if a person was enslaved or an indentured servant Delaware
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Anthony 2 Del. Cas. 248 1802 0 Manslaughter charge; not gulty Delaware
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Horsey v. Thomas C. Horsey's Executors 6 Del. 438 1857 0 Inheritance of two enslaved indivduals to wife and one to son Delaware
Windsor v. Boyce 6 Del. 605 1858 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
State v. Tilghman 5 Del. 495 1854 0 Whether a person was enslaved or not Delaware
State v. York 5 Del. 493 1854 0 Larceny charge while escaping Delaware
Page v. Vandegrift 5 Del. 176 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware