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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Travis v. Claiborne 19 Va. 435 1817 0 Agency ? SC of Appeals VA
South v. Solomon 20 Va. 12 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Walls v. Hemsley 4 H. & J. 243 1817 0 Maryland
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Muse Executor of Heffernan v. Vidal 20 Va. 27 1817 0 Trespass to Land SC of Appeals VA
Harris v. Nicholas 19 Va. 483 1817 0 Breach of Contract SC of Appeals VA
Garnett v. Sam 19 Va. 542 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Baird v. Bland 19 Va. 492 1817 0 Action of debt ? SC of Appeals VA
Hook's Administrators v. Hancock 19 Va. 546 1817 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
State v. Sparrow 4 N.C. 93 1817 0 Larceny North Carolina
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
United States v. Bowen 2 D.C. 133 1817 0 Larceny United States
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States