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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Cager v. White 1 Del. Cas. 181 1798 0 Petition for freedom: Granted Delaware
Draper v. Freeny 1 Del. Cas. 248 1799 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
London v. Hudson 1 Del. Cas. 317 1801 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. George 1 Del. Cas. 161 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty due to alibi Delaware
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
State v. Baynard 1 Del. Cas. 662 1794 0 Indictment for the murder of an enslaved man; Not guilty Delaware
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 de homine replidgiando Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
Pitkin v. Pitkin 7 Conn. 315 1829 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut