Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Galbraith v. Whyte 2 N.C. 535 1797 1 North Carolina
McKenzie v. Ashe 2 N.C. 578 1797 1 North Carolina
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Gray v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 139 1797 0 Issue of funding of enslaved individuals in a will Delaware
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
Countz v. Geiger 5 Va. 190 1797 1 Virginia
Branch v. Burnley 5 Va. 147 1797 1 Virginia
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
Maxwell v. Light 5 Va. 117 1797 1 Virginia
Carter v. Tyler 5 Va. 165 1797 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
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
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Fristoe 5 Va. 62 1797 1 Virginia
Solomon Walker's Administrators v. Hawkins 2 N.C. 458 1796 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Evans v. Kennedy 2 N.C. 487 1796 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina