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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Eaves v. King 1 Del. 141 1833 0 Petition of replevin and dismisaal due to the freedom of a woman and two kids Delaware
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
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
Mariner v. Kershaw 2 Del. Cas. 576 1820 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
State v. Adams 2 Del. Cas. 190 1803 0 Indictment for kidnapping an enslaved woman Delaware
Clayton v. Mitchell 2 Del. Cas. 532 1820 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
State v. Absolom 2 Del. Cas. 32 1808 0 Free man who was deemed enslaved after he committed larceny Delaware
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Knight v. Brawner 14 Md. 1 1859 0 Maryland
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
State v. Crocker 2 Del. Cas. 150 1801 0 Indictment for felony stealing of goods; Guilty Delaware
Keaton v. Scott 25 Ga. 652 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia