Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana
Petit v. Gillet 5 Mart. (o.s.) 19 1817 0 Abatement, prescription, res judicata, property, evidence Louisiana
Haynes v. Wright 5 Tenn. 63 1817 1 Tennessee
Conway v. Hale 5 Tenn. 1 1817 1 Tennessee
Henderson v. Tom 4 H. & J. 282 1817 0 0 Maryland
Hallett v. Novion 14 Johns. 273 1817 1 New York
Meany v. Head 16 F. Cas. 1302 1817 1 United States
Gale v. Parrot 1 N.H. 28 1817 1 New Hampshire
Fox v. Mountjoy Executor of Edwards 20 Va. 36 1817 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Hickerson 4 Va. 60 1817 1 Virginia
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Keys v. M'Fatridge 20 Va. 18 1817 1 Virginia
Selby's Lessee v. Williss 4 H. & J. 242 1817 0 Maryland
Dunbar v. Buck 20 Va. 34 1817 1 Virginia
Den on the Demise of Fitzrandolph v. Norman 4 N.C. 131 1817 1 North Carolina
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
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA