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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker's Adm'x v. Farmers' Bank 13 Del. 258 1888 1 Delaware
Venetsanos v. Pappas 21 Del. Ch. 177 1936 1 Delaware
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred 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
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Thurber v. Royal Insurance 15 Del. 251 1894 1 Delaware
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Trover of an enslaved individual Delaware
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Pierce 8 Del. Ch. 179 1897 1 Delaware
Stoeckle v. Armstrong 8 Del. Ch. 150 1897 1 Delaware
Stockley v. Horsey 9 Del. 603 1874 1 Delaware
Sterling v. Tantum 28 Del. 409 1915 1 Delaware
State v. York 5 Del. 493 1854 0 Larceny charge while escaping Delaware
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware
State v. White 395 A.2d 1082 1978 1 Delaware
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Tindal 2 Del. Cas. 169 1802 0 Indictment for kidnapping an enslaved person; not guilty Delaware
State v. Tilghman 5 Del. 495 1854 0 Whether a person was enslaved or not Delaware
State v. Sowam 2 Del. Cas. 180 1803 0 Indictment for receiving stolen goods; ruled not guilty Delaware