Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Love v. White & Cox 5 Tenn. 210 1817 1 Tennessee
Henderson v. Tom 4 H. & J. 282 1817 0 0 Maryland
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Ragsdale v. Buford's Executors 4 Tenn. 192 1817 1 Tennessee
King v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 78 1817 1 Virginia
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Spence v. Yellowly 4 N.C. 114 1817 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gaither v. Mumford 4 N.C. 167 1817 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gibson v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 111 1817 1 Virginia
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Selby's Lessee v. Williss 4 H. & J. 242 1817 0 Maryland
Sneed v. Harris 4 N.C. 240 1817 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Curtis v. Lunn Executor of Jones 20 Va. 42 1817 1 Virginia
Allen v. Parham 19 Va. 457 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Perkins ex rel. Eliza v. Hadley 5 Tenn. 148 1817 1 Tennessee
Hicks v. Parham 4 Tenn. 225 1817 1 Tennessee
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Runaway slave charged with fornication and bastardy SC of PA.
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Thompson v. Clarke 2 D.C. 145 1817 0 Freedom Petition/ wills United States