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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
State v. Burris 4 Del. 582 1847 0 Trail against man transpoting enslaved individuals Delaware
Redden v. Spruance 4 Del. 217 1845 0 Trial of a person who transported an enslaved person Delaware
Dulany v. Green 4 Del. 285 1845 0 Whether a previous owner freed enslaved individuals upon death or not Delaware
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Lord v. Horsey 5 Del. 317 1851 0 Returning of an enslaved woman Delaware
Page v. Vandegrift 5 Del. 176 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
State v. York 5 Del. 493 1854 0 Larceny charge while escaping Delaware
State v. Tilghman 5 Del. 495 1854 0 Whether a person was enslaved or not Delaware
Windsor v. Boyce 6 Del. 605 1858 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
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
State v. White 395 A.2d 1082 1978 1 Delaware
Chandler v. Hollingsworth 3 Del. Ch. 99 1867 1 Delaware
Fisher v. Barcus 14 Del. Ch. 324 1924 1 Delaware
Dave v. Houston 1 Del. Cas. 314 1801 0 Petition of freedom for rest of enslaved people with promissory notes; denied Delaware
State v. Jarvis 2 Del. Cas. 232 1805 0 Indictment for assault, battery, and false imrpisonment of an enslaved man Delaware
State v. Pompey 2 Del. Cas. 113 1798 0 Indictment for manslaughter; guilty and valued at $200 Delaware
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware
Anderson v. Thoroughgood 5 Del. 199 1849 0 Grant of freedom after illegal exportation Delaware
Simpson v. Warren 5 Del. 371 1852 0 Returning of two enslaved people who escaped Delaware