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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Vansant v. Money 4 H. & J. 313 1818 0 Maryland
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Competency of slave as witness New Jersey
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Langlish v. Schons 5 Mart. (o.s.) 405 1818 0 Damages, agency, fraud, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Den on demise of Bowen v. M'Cullough 4 N.C. 261 1818 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Peggy v. Legg 20 Va. 229 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Zanico v. Habine 5 Mart. (o.s.) 372 1818 0 Sales, seizure, statutory interpretation, evidence, property, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
The Friendschaft 16 U.S. 14 1818 1 United States
Pierce v. Grays 5 Mart. (o.s.) 367 1818 0 Sales, property, donations inter vivos, revocation, parol evidence Louisiana
Maurin v. Martinez 5 Mart. (o.s.) 432 1818 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, successions, warranty, prescription Louisiana
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Ervine v. Dotton 20 Va. 231 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Waples v. Aydelot 2 Del. Cas. 385 1818 0 Will transferance of enslaved individuals to children, grandchildren, and charity Delaware
Keeble v. Cummins 6 Tenn. 43 1818 1 Tennessee
Gardner v. Harbour 5 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1818 0 Wills, successions, property, partition Louisiana
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA