Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 398 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission, indeminification Louisiana
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
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
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
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
Vandewall v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 275 1821 1 Virginia
Aldrich v. Fox 1 Me. 316 1821 1 Maine
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 Indictments United States
Austin’s Ex’or v. Jones 21 Va. 341 1821 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
The Amiable Isabella 19 U.S. 1 1821 1 United States
Myers & Son v. Friend & Scott 22 Va. 12 1821 1 Virginia
Garrett v. Stuart 12 S.C.L. 514 1821 0 South Carolina
Backhouse v. Jett 2 F. Cas. 316 1821 0 Suit in equity Cir Ct, D of VA
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Petition for freedom Delaware