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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Draper v. Freeny 1 Del. Cas. 248 1799 0 Petition for freedom; Granted 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
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Borroughs v. Broxon 3 Del. Cas. 217 1829 0 Transferance of enslaved individuals to the proper descendant Delaware
State v. Jarvis 2 Del. Cas. 232 1805 0 Indictment for assault, battery, and false imrpisonment of an enslaved man Delaware
Isaac v. Ferguson 1 Del. Cas. 49 1794 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Burton v. Hearn 1 Del. Cas. 78 1795 0 Money for illegal transportation of another's enslaved individual Delaware
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Failure to provide funding for an enslaved indivudual and if defendant was liable Delaware
Dave v. Houston 1 Del. Cas. 314 1801 0 Petition of freedom for rest of enslaved people with promissory notes; denied Delaware
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Ingram v. Gaskins 3 Del. Cas. 25 1822 0 Qui tam action against a man who illegally exported an enslaved individual Delaware
Daniels v. State 18 Del. 586 1901 1 Delaware
Simpson v. Warren 5 Del. 371 1852 0 Returning of two enslaved people who escaped Delaware
Anderson v. Thoroughgood 5 Del. 199 1849 0 Grant of freedom after illegal exportation Delaware
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware
Patton v. Jones 3 Del. Cas. 11 1822 0 Replevein to either decendant's estate or another individual Delaware
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
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