Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Barnett v. Sam 21 Va. 232 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
George v. Richardson 21 Va. 230 1821 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wheeler v. Russell 17 Mass. 257 1821 1 Massachusetts
Edmondson v. Barrell 8 F. Cas. 322 1821 1 United States
Read v. Consequa 20 F. Cas. 350 1821 1 United States
Judah v. Harris 19 Johns. 144 1821 1 New York
Bennett v. Maule's Adm'x 21 Va. 305 1821 1 Virginia
Boudereau v. Montgomery 3 F. Cas. 993 1821 1 United States
White v. Morris 8 N.C. 301 1821 1 North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Deacon 6 Serg. & Rawle 526 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
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
Taylor v. Sorsby 1 Miss. 97 1821 0 Action for stealing slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Niel 8 N.C. 341 1821 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Trotter v. Howard 8 N.C. 320 1821 0 Action of trover North Carolina