Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ryden v. Jones 8 N.C. 497 1821 0 Sales North Carolina
Tate v. O'Neal 8 N.C. 418 1821 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Gregory v. Hooker's adm'r 8 N.C. 394 1821 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Taylor v. Sorsby 1 Miss. 97 1821 0 Action for stealing slaves Mississippi
Barnett v. Sam 21 Va. 232 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Ben 8 N.C. 434 1821 0 Burglary North Carolina
Trent v. Trent's Executrix 21 Va. 174 1821 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
George v. Richardson 21 Va. 230 1821 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Culver v. Shriner 5 H. & J. 218 1821 0 0 Maryland
Queen v. State 5 H. & J. 232 1821 0 Maryland
State v. M'Dowell 8 N.C. 449 1821 0 Trespass North Carolina
Executor of Lynch v. Ashe 8 N.C. 338 1821 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Goode 8 N.C. 463 1821 0 Larceny North Carolina
Foster v. Cook 8 N.C. 509 1821 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Nass v. Vanswearingen 7 Serg. & Rawle 192 1821 1 Pennsylvania
Gibbons v. Morse 7 N.J.L. 253 1821 Recovery for value of slave New Jersey
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
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States