Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bogle, Somerville & Co. v. Sullivant 5 Va. 561 1799 1 Virginia
Chapman v. Chapman 8 Va. 430 1799 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Seton, Maitland & Co. v. Low 1 Johns. Cas. 1 1799 1 New York
Taliaferro v. Minor 6 Va. 190 1799 1 Virginia
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Eppes v. Randolph 6 Va. 125 1799 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Gordon v. Harvey 8 Va. 450 1799 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Shelton v. Ward 5 Va. 538 1799 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Minor 5 Va. 524 1799 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Rucker 5 Va. 500 1799 1 Virginia
Sullivan's Lessee v. Brown 1 Tenn. 6 1799 1 Tennessee
Hinde v. Pendleton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 354 1799 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Montgomery v. Black 4 H. & McH. 391 1799 0 Maryland
Pollard v. Coleman 8 Va. 245 1799 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Cholett v. Hart 2 S.C.L. 156 1798 0 Property South Carolina
Fowler v. Saunders 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 0 Fraudulent gifts of slaves H.Ct of Chancery VA
State v. Pompey 2 Del. Cas. 113 1798 0 Indictment for manslaughter; guilty and valued at $200 Delaware