Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Indictment for assault and battery on an enslaved man by a deputized man Delaware
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty Delaware
Maxwell v. Light 5 Va. 117 1797 1 Virginia
Drew v. Anderson 5 Va. 51 1797 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Carter v. Tyler 5 Va. 165 1797 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
Britol v. Dickerson's Administrators 1 Del. Cas. 148 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydlotte 1 Del. Cas. 443 1797 0 Action of trover for an enslaved woman; $80 Delaware
State v. George 1 Del. Cas. 161 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty due to alibi Delaware
Branch v. Burnley 5 Va. 147 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
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
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