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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
In re Caldwell 4 F. Cas. 1035 1874 0 Bankruptcy Dist. Ct., E.D. VA
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
State v. Smith 2 Del. Cas. 164 1802 0 Indictment for larceny and whether enslave dmen could own property; No property; guilty and sentenced to lashing Delaware
Jones v. Wootten 1 Del. 77 1832 0 Determining whether a person was enslaved Delaware
Hazzard v. Walton 1 Del. Cas. 221 1799 0 Action of replevin of an enslaved person denied because lack of evidence of enslavement to another individual Delaware
King v. Fergus 1 Del. Cas. 303 1801 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Doughten v. Vandever 5 Del. Ch. 51 1875 1 Delaware
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Trover of an enslaved individual Delaware
Smith v. Horsey 1 Del. Cas. 16 1793 0 Act of fraud of giving two enslaved individuals Delaware
Handy v. Clark 9 Del. 16 1869 0 Ability to recover damages for failed wages when "voluntarily" enslaved; right for her to testify Delaware
Cummins v. Cummins 15 Del. 423 1895 1 Delaware
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Burton v. Burton 4 Del. 38 1843 0 Replevin to which individual in a will Delaware
Harris v. McCullen 2 Del. Cas. 176 1802 0 Probate claims that include several enslaved individuals Delaware
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Crocker 2 Del. Cas. 150 1801 0 Indictment for felony stealing of goods; Guilty Delaware
Morris v. Cannon 1 Del. 220 1833 0 No replevin to a free man; issue of whether if a person was enslaved or an indentured servant Delaware
State v. Jim 1 Del. Cas. 335 1793 0 Indictment for stealing; used an enslaved man as the culprit Delaware