Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hanes v. Peck's lessee 8 Tenn. 228 1827 1 Tennessee
Lee v. Preuss 3 D.C. 112 1827 0 Freedom Petition United States
Richard v. Van Meter 3 D.C. 214 1827 0 Freedom Suit/Contempt of Court United States
Glasscock v. Batton 27 Va. 78 1827 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Street 27 Va. 1 1827 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Miller v. Watson 7 Cow. 39-3 1827 1 New York
Chaffee v. Thomas 7 Cow. 358 1827 1 New York
Bernardine v. Despinasse 6 Mart. (n.s.) 94 1827 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, partition, trusts, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Fulton v. Shaw 25 Va. 597 1827 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Fields v. State 8 Tenn. 168 1827 1 Tennessee
Epes's v. Dudley 26 Va. 437 1827 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Dufau v. Degruys 5 Mart. (n.s.) 416 1827 0 Property, sales, recission, contracts Louisiana
Clark & Clark v. Pinney 7 Cow. 681 1827 1 New York
Ivy v. Rogers 16 N.C. 58 1827 1 North Carolina
Barfield v. Hewlett 6 Mart. (n.s.) 78 1827 0 Property, petitory action, sales Louisiana
Perrie v. Williams 5 Mart. (n.s.) 694 1827 0 Trespass, negligence, damages, property Louisiana
Williams v. Wetherbee 2 Aik. 329 1827 1 Vermont
Lansing v. Goelet 9 Cow. 346 1827 1 New York
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
United States v. Birch 3 D.C. 180 1827 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States