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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Pickering v. Day 8 Del. 474 1867 1 Delaware
Universal Products Co. v. Emerson 36 Del. 553 1935 1 Delaware
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Petition for freedom since granted a term not "for life" Delaware
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
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
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Failure to provide funding for an enslaved indivudual and if defendant was liable Delaware
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
State v. Clark 2 Del. Cas. 210 1804 0 Question as to hether a man was enslaved or free so he could testify Delaware
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware