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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Walter v. Miller 1 Del. 7 1832 0 Act of trover of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
Jones v. Wootten 1 Del. 77 1832 0 Determining whether a person was enslaved Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Giltner v. Gorham 10 F. Cas. 424 1848 0 United States
Adcock v. Patton 61 Tenn. 436 1873 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Spier 2 Del. Cas. 23 1807 0 Character of an enslaved man not relevant to the extension of his enslavement Delaware
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Denial for freedom since the enslaved person was loaned and not exported Delaware
State v. Love 23 Tenn. 255 1843 0 Tennessee
State v. Absolom 2 Del. Cas. 32 1808 0 Free man who was deemed enslaved after he committed larceny Delaware
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Defects and material Supreme Court of Georgia
Clayton v. Solomon Banks 1 Del. Cas. 520 1814 0 Escaped enslaved man returned to serve rest of his servitude Delaware
Harris v. McCullen 2 Del. Cas. 176 1802 0 Probate claims that include several enslaved individuals Delaware
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Smith v. Walden 26 Ga. 249 1858 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia