Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris v. Nicholas 19 Va. 483 1817 0 Breach of Contract SC of Appeals VA
Baird v. Bland 19 Va. 492 1817 0 Action of debt ? SC of Appeals VA
Dust v. Conrod 19 Va. 411 1817 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hook's Administrators v. Hancock 19 Va. 546 1817 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Garnett v. Sam 19 Va. 542 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
M'Elhatton ex rel. Coalter v. Howell 5 Tenn. 19 1817 1 Tennessee
Hicks v. Parham 4 Tenn. 225 1817 1 Tennessee
Perkins ex rel. Eliza v. Hadley 5 Tenn. 148 1817 1 Tennessee
Cunningham v. Shields 5 Tenn. 44 1817 1 Tennessee
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Haynes v. Wright 5 Tenn. 63 1817 1 Tennessee
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Horner v. Marshall's Administratrix 19 Va. 466 1817 1 Virginia
Moore v. Rider 2 Del. Cas. 324 1817 0 Estate issue of the continuation of passing on enslaved individuals from 20 years ago Delaware
Matthews v. Noel 19 Va. 460 1817 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Ward v. Johnson 20 Va. 6 1817 1 Virginia
Fox v. Mountjoy Executor of Edwards 20 Va. 36 1817 1 Virginia
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Hallett v. Novion 14 Johns. 273 1817 1 New York
Boyd Executor of Hoskins v. Kaufmans 20 Va. 45 1817 1 Virginia