Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Sarah v. Taylor 2 D.C. 155 1818 0 Freedom/Manumission United States
Betty v. Deneale 3 F. Cas. 319 1818 0 Manumission United States
Commonwealth v. Greason 4 Serg. & Rawle 425 1818 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
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
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
The Friendschaft 16 U.S. 14 1818 1 United States
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Smithwick v. Jordan 15 Mass. 113 1818 1 Massachusetts
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States
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
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