Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Oglesby v. Howard 43 Ala. 144 1869 0 Petition for removal of administrator Alabama
Steele v. Shirley 17 Miss. 382 1848 0 Petition for property including slaves Mississippi
Johnston v. Turner 29 Ark. 280 1874 0 Petition for homestead Arkansas
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus for a Person held Enenslaved persond Alabama
State ex rel. Dawson 39 Ala. 367 1864 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus Alabama
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Petition for freedom since granted a term not "for life" Delaware
London v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 141 1801 0 Petition for freedom; ruled incomplete ad denied but allowed time Delaware
Jemima v. Ross 1 Del. Cas. 119 1796 0 Petition for freedom: Granted Delaware
Cager v. White 1 Del. Cas. 181 1798 0 Petition for freedom: Granted Delaware
Britol v. Dickerson's Administrators 1 Del. Cas. 148 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Dick v. Gibbins 1 Del. Cas. 222 1799 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Draper v. Freeny 1 Del. Cas. 248 1799 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Isaac v. Ferguson 1 Del. Cas. 49 1794 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Queen v. Neale 2 D.C. 3 1810 0 Petition for Freedom United States