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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Riden v. Frion 7 N.C. 577 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Andry v. Foy 7 Mart. (o.s.) 33 1819 0 Redhibition, recission, sales, warranty, runaway enslaved person, evidence Louisiana
Augustin v. Cailleau 5 Mart. (o.s.) 464 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, seizure, successions, sequestration, property Louisiana
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Hannah v. Sparkes 4 H. & J. 310 1818 0 Maryland
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 Freedom/Manumission United States
Peggy v. Legg 20 Va. 229 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Fishwick's Adm'r. v. Sewell 4 H. & J. 393 1818 0 Maryland
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States