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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maria v. White 3 D.C. 663 1829 0 Freedom Suit/ Petition (by reason of importation) United States
Beall v. Beck 3 D.C. 666 1829 0 Replevin United States
United States v. Gray 3 D.C. 681 1829 0 Witness Competecnce / testimony United States
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 92 1827 0 Replevin United States
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son 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
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Ingram v. Gaskins 3 Del. Cas. 25 1822 0 Qui tam action against a man who illegally exported an enslaved individual Delaware
Bell v. Hogan 3 F. Cas. 107 1811 0 Action for the determination of whether or not the defendant is a salve United States
Bell v. Rhodes 3 F. Cas. 120 1842 0 Freedom Petition United States
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States
Strong v. Willis 3 Fla. 124 1850 0 Execution of a Deed of Trust Supreme Court of FL
Summerall v. Thoms 3 Fla. 298 1850 0 Recovery of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Woods v. Bailey 3 Fla. 41 1850 0 Alleged Fradulent Bill of Sale Supreme Court of FL
Paschal v. Davis 3 Ga. 256 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Leroy M. Wiley, Parish & Co. v. Smith 3 Ga. 551 1847 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Isaac v. Williams 3 Gill 278 1845 0 Maryland