Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Gibson v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 111 1817 1 Virginia
Allen v. Parham 19 Va. 457 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Colemans v. Holladay 20 Va. 47 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Haynes v. Wright 5 Tenn. 63 1817 1 Tennessee
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Touro 14 Mass. 112 1817 1 Massachusetts
Daniel v. Rose 10 S.C.L. 33 1817 1 South Carolina
Conway v. Hale 5 Tenn. 1 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.
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