Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davenport v. Mason 2 Va. 200 1796 1 Virginia
Quesnel v. Woodlief 10 Va. 218 1796 1 Virginia
Mackie's Executor v. Davis 2 Va. 716 1796 1 Virginia
Evans v. Kennedy 2 N.C. 487 1796 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Lee v. Tapscott 2 Va. 276 1796 1 Virginia
Solomon Walker's Administrators v. Hawkins 2 N.C. 458 1796 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Booth's Executors v. Armstrong 2 Va. 301 1796 1 Virginia
Ruffin v. Pendleton 2 Va. 184 1796 1 Virginia
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Alston v. Taylor 2 N.C. 439 1796 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Elliott v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 87 1796 0 Debt repayment, asked the exclusion of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Raymer & Beatty v. Sim 3 Md. 451 1796 0 Maryland
Jacobs v. Aydelot 1 Del. Cas. 411 1796 0 Action of trover; Change of venue Delaware
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Declaration of freedom Connecticut
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Hodges v. Blount 2 N.C. 478 1796 0 Sales North Carolina
Ellmore v. Mills 2 N.C. 412 1796 0 Statute of limitations North Carolina
Johnson v. Courts 3 Md. 510 1796 0 Maryland
Eaves v. Ex'r of Starkey 1 N.C. 45 1796 0 Accounts North Carolina