Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Drew v. Anderson 5 Va. 51 1797 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Starkey's Adm'rs. v. M'Clure 1 N.C. 73 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 63 1797 0 Maryland
Campbell v. Digges 4 H. & McH. 12 1797 0 Maryland
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Anonymous 3 N.C. 26 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Wright v. Walker 3 N.C. 16 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Craik's Administrators v. Clark 3 N.C. 22 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
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
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
Queen v. Ashton 3 Md. 439 1796 0 Maryland
Cox v. Dove 1 N.C. 43 1796 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Lewis v. Hynes 2 N.C. 320 1796 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina