Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Daniel v. Rose 10 S.C.L. 33 1817 1 South Carolina
Conway v. Hale 5 Tenn. 1 1817 1 Tennessee
Hicks v. Parham 4 Tenn. 225 1817 1 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Hickerson 4 Va. 60 1817 1 Virginia
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
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Baird v. Bland 19 Va. 492 1817 0 Action of debt ? SC of Appeals VA
Ragsdale v. Buford's Executors 4 Tenn. 192 1817 1 Tennessee
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Love v. White & Cox 5 Tenn. 210 1817 1 Tennessee
Selby's Lessee v. Williss 4 H. & J. 242 1817 0 Maryland
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Runaway slave charged with fornication and bastardy SC of PA.
Cooley v. Lawrence 4 Mart. (o.s.) 639 1817 0 Sales, promissory notes, contracts, debts, evidence, obligations, suretyship, indemnification, privileges Louisiana
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Withers's Executrix v. Withers's Executor 20 Va. 10 1817 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Gale's Curatrix 4 Mart. (o.s.) 635 1817 0 Sales, debts, novation, mortgages, evidence, successions Louisiana
Bayon v. Mollere 4 Mart. (o.s.) 621 1817 0 Petitory action, damages, sales, evidence Louisiana
Boyd v. Stainback 19 Va. 305 1817 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Dunbar v. Buck 20 Va. 34 1817 1 Virginia