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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Millis 2 Del. Cas. 238 1798 0 Indictment of a constable for holding an enslaved man after a fight Delaware
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 137 1800 0 Indictment for rape, guilty and executed Delaware
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
Pool v. Harrison 18 Ala. 514 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Draper v. Freeny 1 Del. Cas. 248 1799 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
London v. Hudson 1 Del. Cas. 317 1801 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydlotte 1 Del. Cas. 443 1797 0 Action of trover for an enslaved woman; $80 Delaware
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
State v. Jarvis 2 Del. Cas. 232 1805 0 Indictment for assault, battery, and false imrpisonment of an enslaved man Delaware
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Collins v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 326 1793 0 Denial of a free man in MD and declared as enslaved in DE Delaware
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
State v. Baynard 1 Del. Cas. 662 1794 0 Indictment for the murder of an enslaved man; Not guilty Delaware
Burton v. Hearn 1 Del. Cas. 78 1795 0 Money for illegal transportation of another's enslaved individual Delaware
Stafford v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 66 1795 0 Enslaved man who carried out stealing of money for his owner Delaware
Collins v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 8 1793 0 Issue as above, but case where an attorney was absent Delaware
Elligood v. Smith 1 Del. Cas. 35 1794 0 Action of triver for an enslaved woman; denied Delaware
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Hardin v. Brown 27 Ga. 314 1859 0 Promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia