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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Handy v. Clark 9 Del. 16 1869 0 Ability to recover damages for failed wages when "voluntarily" enslaved; right for her to testify Delaware
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Hazzard v. Walton 1 Del. Cas. 221 1799 0 Action of replevin of an enslaved person denied because lack of evidence of enslavement to another individual Delaware
Elligood v. Smith 1 Del. Cas. 35 1794 0 Action of triver for an enslaved woman; denied Delaware
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydelot 1 Del. Cas. 411 1796 0 Action of trover; Change of venue Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydlotte 1 Del. Cas. 443 1797 0 Action of trover for an enslaved woman; $80 Delaware
Smith v. Horsey 1 Del. Cas. 16 1793 0 Act of fraud of giving two enslaved individuals Delaware
Walter v. Miller 1 Del. 7 1832 0 Act of trover of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred Delaware
Morris v. Spier 2 Del. Cas. 23 1807 0 Character of an enslaved man not relevant to the extension of his enslavement Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Redden v. Spruance 4 Del. 265 1845 0 Clarification on a trial of a person who transported an enslaved person Delaware
Cannon v. Polk 1 Del. Cas. 307 1801 0 Contract issue over the transferance of an enslaved man Delaware
Madden v. Phelps No. 1055-K, 1995 WL 606318, at *13 (Del. Ch. May 15, 1995) 1995 1 contracts Delaware
Elliott v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 87 1796 0 Debt repayment, asked the exclusion of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Denial for freedom since the enslaved person was loaned and not exported Delaware