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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Redden v. Spruance 4 Del. 217 1845 0 Trial of a person who transported an enslaved person Delaware
Redden v. Spruance 4 Del. 265 1845 0 Clarification on a trial of a person who transported an enslaved person Delaware
Reeve v. Bonwill 5 Del. Ch. 1 1874 1 Delaware
Rice v. Breheny 7 Del. 74 1859 1 Delaware
Roach v. Lessee of Martin 1 Del. 548 1835 1 Delaware
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
Roe v. Doe d. Hickman 9 Del. 328 1872 1 Delaware
Rudnick v. Shoenberg 32 Del. 339 1923 1 Delaware
Shawn v. Bishop 2 Del. Cas. 208 1804 0 Payment due due to failure to pay plaintiff for purchase of an enslaved individual Delaware
Shockley v. Roe 9 Del. 568 1874 1 Delaware
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Simpson v. Warren 5 Del. 371 1852 0 Returning of two enslaved people who escaped Delaware
Slaughter v. Moore 9 Del. Ch. 350 1912 1 Delaware
Smith v. Horsey 1 Del. Cas. 16 1793 0 Act of fraud of giving two enslaved individuals Delaware
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Smolka v. James T. Chandler & Son, Inc. 41 Del. 255 1941 1 Delaware
Spruance v. Darlington 7 Del. Ch. 111 1894 1 Delaware
Stafford v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 66 1795 0 Enslaved man who carried out stealing of money for his owner Delaware
State v. Absolom 2 Del. Cas. 32 1808 0 Free man who was deemed enslaved after he committed larceny Delaware