Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wyllie v. Venable's Executor 18 Va. 369 1815 1 Virginia
M'Clenahans v. Hannah 18 Va. 499 1815 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Coleson v. Blanton 4 Tenn. 153 1816 1 Tennessee
Smock v. Warford 4 N.J.L. 306 1816 Recovery of debt New Jersey
The Commercen 14 U.S. 382 1816 1 United States
Ellis v. Turner's Administrator 19 Va. 196 1816 1 Virginia
Nichols v. Palmer 5 N.C. 436 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Forsyth v. Nash 4 Mart. (o.s.) 385 1816 0 Property, sales, recordation, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws, criminal law Louisiana
Dunwoodie's Ex'ors v. Carrington 5 N.C. 469 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Scott v. Gibbon 19 Va. 86 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Cotten v. Powell 5 N.C. 431 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Buster v. Ruffner 19 Va. 27 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
White v. Cox 4 Tenn. 80 1816 1 Tennessee
Baron v. Phelan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 88 1816 0 Debts, sales, property, runaway enslaved person, privileges, damages, seizure, mortgages, restitution Louisiana
Moseley v. Jones 19 Va. 23 1816 1 Virginia
Cheatwood v. Mayo 19 Va. 16 1816 0 Action for words (slander) SC of Appeals VA
Victoire v. Dussuau 4 Mart. (o.s.) 212 1816 0 Parol evidence, contracts, witness testimony, emancipation, freedom suit, capacity, property Louisiana
Gilchrist v. Marrow 5 N.C. 607 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
Wright v. Deklyne 30 F. Cas. 669 1816 1 United States