Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 63 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Fristoe 5 Va. 62 1797 1 Virginia
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
Gray v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 139 1797 0 Issue of funding of enslaved individuals in a will Delaware
Galbraith v. Whyte 2 N.C. 535 1797 1 North Carolina
McKenzie v. Ashe 2 N.C. 578 1797 1 North Carolina
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
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