Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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.
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute 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
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 Settlement for slave SC of Maine
Reeler v. Robinson 2 D.C. 220 1820 0 Freedom Suit United States
Gray v. Reardon 2 D.C. 219 1820 0 Agency Law United States
Knight v. Yarbrough 21 Va. 27 1820 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Billy v. State 11 S.C.L. 356 1820 0 South Carolina
Gusty v. Diggs 2 D.C. 210 1820 0 Employment United States
Clayton v. Mitchell 2 Del. Cas. 532 1820 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Mariner v. Kershaw 2 Del. Cas. 576 1820 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Burnet & Rigden ex rel. Gilmor v. Courts 5 H. & J. 78 1820 0 Maryland
The London Packet 18 U.S. 132 1820 1 United States
Self's Administrator v. Tune 20 Va. 470 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset 16 Mass. 454 1820 0 Assumpsit for expenses Massachusetts
Davis v. Jacquin & Pomerait 5 H. & J. 100 1820 0 Maryland
William v. Kelly 5 H. & J. 59 1820 0 Maryland
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Action against person for killing a slave Mississippi
Hinds v. Terry 1 Miss. 80 1820 0 Property dispute Mississippi