Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Bray v. Dudgeon 20 Va. 132 1818 1 Virginia
Horne v. Lyeth 4 H. & J. 431 1818 0 Maryland
Wright v. Lowe's Executors 6 N.C. 354 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Helme v. Guy 6 N.C. 341 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Armstrong v. Simonton's adm'r 6 N.C. 351 1818 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Cobb v. Lanier 5 Tenn. 297 1818 1 Tennessee
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Bolling v. Robertson 20 Va. 220 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Munford v. Rice 20 Va. 81 1818 1 Virginia
Conner v. Shepherd 15 Mass. 164 1818 1 Massachusetts
Olivera v. Union Insurance 16 U.S. 183 1818 1 United States
De Fontaine v. De Fontaine 5 H. & J. 99 1818 0 0 Maryland
Den v. Payne 6 Tenn. 104 1818 1 Tennessee
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA