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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Simpson v. Warren 5 Del. 371 1852 0 Returning of two enslaved people who escaped Delaware
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Eberlin v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 548 1857 0 Indictment for Doing Business with Enslaved Persons Alabama
Redden v. Spruance 4 Del. 217 1845 0 Trial of a person who transported an enslaved person Delaware
Mangun v. Webster 7 Gill 78 1848 0 Maryland
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
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Eaves v. King 1 Del. 141 1833 0 Petition of replevin and dismisaal due to the freedom of a woman and two kids Delaware
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Failure to provide funding for an enslaved indivudual and if defendant was liable Delaware
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States
Shawn v. Bishop 2 Del. Cas. 208 1804 0 Payment due due to failure to pay plaintiff for purchase of an enslaved individual Delaware
Evans v. Evans 2 Del. Cas. 203 1804 0 Trover action for one enslaved person to the proper heir but four other in this case Delaware
Morris v. Spier 2 Del. Cas. 23 1807 0 Character of an enslaved man not relevant to the extension of his enslavement Delaware
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Walker v. Walker 3 Ga. 302 1847 0 Equity Actions Supreme Court of Georgia