Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peggy v. Legg 20 Va. 229 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Watson v. Hall 2 D.C. 154 1818 0 Creditors Remidies' United States
Love v. Boyd 2 D.C. 156 1818 0 Negligent Slave escape. United States
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Pea v. Waggoner 6 Tenn. 1 1818 1 Tennessee
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Bray v. Dudgeon 20 Va. 132 1818 1 Virginia
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
The Friendschaft 16 U.S. 14 1818 1 United States
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Stump v. Hughes 6 Tenn. 93 1818 1 Tennessee
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Cheatham v. Jones & Co. 6 Tenn. 37 1818 1 Tennessee
Duncan v. Lyon 3 Johns. Ch. 351 1818 1 New York
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States