Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
Commonwealth v. Fowler 8 Va. 35 1785 1 Virginia
Ward v. Reeder 2 Md. 145 1785 0 Maryland
Foushee v. Lea 8 Va. 279 1785 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Partus Sequitur/ Freedom Suit SC of PA.
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Peter v. Elliott's Executors 2 Md. 199 1786 0 Maryland
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 Manslaughter General Ct. of VA
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Pickett v. Claiborne 8 Va. 99 1787 1 Virginia
Grymes v. Pendleton 8 Va. 130 1788 1 Virginia
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Action of trespass Connecticut
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
State v. Lyon 1 N.J.L. 462 1789 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 0 Maryland