Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Security bond dispute Arkansas
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Action to enjoin the sale of a enslaved person Arkansas
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
State v. Pompey 2 Del. Cas. 113 1798 0 Indictment for manslaughter; guilty and valued at $200 Delaware
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Freedom Suit/Habeus ad subjiciendum SC of PA.
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred Delaware
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 Wills, Marriages District of Columbia
Reed v. Campbell 20 F. Cas. 422 1862 0 Wills United States
Bernard v. McKenna 4 D.C. 130 1831 0 Detinue United States
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Kitty v. M'Pherson 4 D.C. 172 1831 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Mandeville v. Cookenderfer 3 D.C. 257 1827 0 Negligence United States
Ex parte Williams 4 D.C. 343 1833 0 No Use of Punishement by confinement of labor for offenses that do not specifically call for it. United States
Boone's Executor v. Clarke 3 D.C. 389 1828 0 Trusts United States
Thompson v. Clarke 2 D.C. 145 1817 0 Freedom Petition/ wills United States