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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Doe v. Prettyman 6 Del. 334 1857 0 Replevin of land that involves and enslaved man Delaware
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Indictment for assault and battery on an enslaved man by a deputized man Delaware
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 137 1800 0 Indictment for rape, guilty and executed Delaware
Collins v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 8 1793 0 Issue as above, but case where an attorney was absent Delaware
Hargis v. Sebastian 1 Del. Cas. 274 1800 0 Qui tam acytion for exportation of three enslaved individuals; for defendant Delaware
State v. Parrimore 2 Del. Cas. 124 1799 0 Indictment for kidnapping and selling an enslaved man Delaware
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Shockley v. Roe 9 Del. 568 1874 1 Delaware
Hitch v. Patten 13 Del. 334 1889 1 Delaware
London v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 141 1801 0 Petition for freedom; ruled incomplete ad denied but allowed time Delaware
Harker v. Reilly 4 Del. Ch. 72 1871 1 Delaware
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Horsey v. Thomas C. Horsey's Executors 6 Del. 438 1857 0 Inheritance of two enslaved indivduals to wife and one to son Delaware
Shawn v. Bishop 2 Del. Cas. 208 1804 0 Payment due due to failure to pay plaintiff for purchase of an enslaved individual Delaware
Case of Jones 2 Del. Cas. 622 1821 0 Order of replevein of three kidnapped enslaved individuals Delaware
Windsor v. Boyce 6 Del. 605 1858 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
State v. Tilghman 5 Del. 495 1854 0 Whether a person was enslaved or not Delaware
Evans v. Evans 2 Del. Cas. 203 1804 0 Trover action for one enslaved person to the proper heir but four other in this case Delaware
State v. York 5 Del. 493 1854 0 Larceny charge while escaping Delaware