Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Meany v. Head 16 F. Cas. 1302 1817 1 United States
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Den on the Demise of Fitzrandolph v. Norman 4 N.C. 131 1817 1 North Carolina
Selby's Lessee v. Williss 4 H. & J. 242 1817 0 Maryland
Henderson v. Tom 4 H. & J. 282 1817 0 0 Maryland
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Recover for money paid Massachusetts
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Muse Executor of Heffernan v. Vidal 20 Va. 27 1817 0 Trespass to Land SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Parham 19 Va. 457 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Colemans v. Holladay 20 Va. 47 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Withers's Executrix v. Withers's Executor 20 Va. 10 1817 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
South v. Solomon 20 Va. 12 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Stainback 19 Va. 305 1817 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Conway v. Hale 5 Tenn. 1 1817 1 Tennessee
Haynes v. Wright 5 Tenn. 63 1817 1 Tennessee