Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pearpoint v. Henry 2 Va. 192 1796 0 Action of trover and conversion SC of Appeals VA
Solomon Walker's Administrators v. Hawkins 2 N.C. 458 1796 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Quesnel v. Woodlief 10 Va. 218 1796 1 Virginia
Downman v. Chinn Executor of Downman 2 Va. 189 1796 1 Virginia
Overton v. Hudson Executor of Hudson 2 Va. 172 1796 1 Virginia
Alston v. Taylor 2 N.C. 439 1796 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Mary v. Vestry of William & Mary's Parish 3 Md. 501 1796 0 Maryland
Elliott v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 87 1796 0 Debt repayment, asked the exclusion of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
Davenport v. Mason 2 Va. 200 1796 1 Virginia
Young v. Skipwith 2 Va. 300 1796 1 Virginia
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lee v. Tapscott 2 Va. 276 1796 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Courts 3 Md. 510 1796 0 Maryland
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Countz v. Geiger 5 Va. 190 1797 1 Virginia
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Carter v. Tyler 5 Va. 165 1797 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Harrison v. Hunter 1 Del. Cas. 138 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man; issue of motions Delaware