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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibbons v. Morse 7 N.J.L. 253 1821 Recovery for value of slave New Jersey
Culver v. Shriner 5 H. & J. 218 1821 0 0 Maryland
Queen v. State 5 H. & J. 232 1821 0 Maryland
Hall v. Mullin 5 H. & J. 190 1821 0 Maryland
Hughes v. Milly 5 H. & J. 310 1821 0 0 Maryland
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Dunbar v. Ball 7 F. Cas. 1185 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Horton v. Hagler's executor 8 N.C. 48 1820 0 Sales North Carolina
Boggess v. Boggess 20 Va. 486 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Griffin v. Graham 8 N.C. 96 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 Settlement for slave SC of Maine
Spiers v. Alexander 8 N.C. 67 1820 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smith v. Smith's Administrators 20 Va. 581 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
State v. Tackett 8 N.C. 210 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Mann 4 Va. 210 1820 0 Sexual Assault General Ct of VA
Davidson v. Davidson's Executors 8 N.C. 163 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Walkup v. Pratt 5 H. & J. 51 1820 0 Maryland
William v. Kelly 5 H. & J. 59 1820 0 Maryland