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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bennett v. Hardaway 20 Va. 125 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Chew Executor of Wormeley v. Moffett 20 Va. 120 1818 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
President v. Hodgson 20 Va. 163 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Lewis v. Thornton 20 Va. 87 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Hill 20 Va. 114 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wright v. Lowe's Executors 6 N.C. 354 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
De Fontaine v. De Fontaine 5 H. & J. 99 1818 0 0 Maryland
Powell v. Executor of Powell 6 N.C. 326 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Den on demise of Bowen v. M'Cullough 4 N.C. 261 1818 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Harry v. Decker 1 Miss. 36 1818 0 Question of freedom for slave Mississippi
Armstrong v. Simonton's adm'r 6 N.C. 351 1818 0 Action of detinue North Carolina