Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Anonymous 3 N.C. 26 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Craik's Administrators v. Clark 3 N.C. 22 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Branch v. Burnley 5 Va. 147 1797 1 Virginia
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
Countz v. Geiger 5 Va. 190 1797 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Fristoe 5 Va. 62 1797 1 Virginia
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Maxwell v. Light 5 Va. 117 1797 1 Virginia
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Grymes v. Pendleton 5 Va. 54 1797 1 Virginia
Baird v. Rice 5 Va. 18 1797 1 Virginia
Carter v. Tyler 5 Va. 165 1797 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Pearpoint v. Henry 2 Va. 192 1796 0 Action of trover and conversion SC of Appeals VA
Davenport v. Mason 2 Va. 200 1796 1 Virginia
Young v. Skipwith 2 Va. 300 1796 1 Virginia