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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Calvert 5 G. & J. 269 1833 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
McWhorter v. Wright, Nichols & Co. 5 Ga. 555 1848 0 Conveyance of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Cotten 5 Ga. 341 1848 0 Fraud, Will Supreme Court of Georgia
Hicks v. Ayer 5 Ga. 298 1848 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Young v. McKinnie 5 Fla. 542 1854 0 Entitlement of a Slaves Through Personal Estate After Marriage Supreme Court of FL
Lines v. Darden 5 Fla. 51 1853 0 Loaning a Portion of an Estate of a Testator Supreme Court of FL
McGriff v. Porter 5 Fla. 373 1853 0 Dispute over the Execution of a Loan Supreme Court of FL
Simon v. State 5 Fla. 285 1853 0 Criminal Procedure Dispute over Confession Supreme Court of FL
Archer v. Hart 5 Fla. 234 1853 0 Court Granted Status of Freedom Supreme Court of FL
Slave v. State 5 Fla. 185 1853 0 Enforcement of Criminal Provisions for Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Cassedy v. Williams 5 F. Cas. 272 1843 0 Payments United States
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. York 5 Del. 493 1854 0 Larceny charge while escaping Delaware
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred Delaware
Simpson v. Warren 5 Del. 371 1852 0 Returning of two enslaved people who escaped Delaware
Page v. Vandegrift 5 Del. 176 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware