Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
Commonwealth v. Fowler 8 Va. 35 1785 1 Virginia
Ward v. Reeder 2 Md. 145 1785 0 Maryland
Foushee v. Lea 8 Va. 279 1785 1 Virginia
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 Manslaughter General Ct. of VA
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Partus Sequitur/ Freedom Suit SC of PA.
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Peter v. Elliott's Executors 2 Md. 199 1786 0 Maryland
Pickett v. Claiborne 8 Va. 99 1787 1 Virginia
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA
Grymes v. Pendleton 8 Va. 130 1788 1 Virginia
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Action of trespass Connecticut
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 0 Maryland
Ross v. Pynes 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 1 Virginia
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland