Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blount v. Mitchell 3 N.C. 65 1798 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Branch v. Bradley 3 N.C. 53 1798 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Ingles v. Donaldson 3 N.C. 57 1798 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Cabell v. Hardwick 5 Va. 345 1798 1 Virginia
Fowler v. Saunders 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 1 Virginia
State v. Pompey 2 Del. Cas. 113 1798 0 Indictment for manslaughter; guilty and valued at $200 Delaware
Preston v. Auditor of Public Accounts 5 Va. 471 1798 1 Virginia
C. Dorsey's Ex'rs. v. E. Dorsey's Admr. 4 H. & McH. 231 1798 0 Maryland
Glasscock v. Smither & Hunt 5 Va. 479 1798 1 Virginia
Anonymous 3 N.C. 73 1798 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Lotham v. Outen 3 N.C. 66 1798 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Killingsworth v. Zollicoffer 3 N.C. 72 1798 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cager v. White 1 Del. Cas. 181 1798 0 Petition for freedom: Granted Delaware
Withrington v. Williams 3 N.C. 64 1798 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Booker's Exrs. v. M'Roberts 5 Va. 243 1798 1 Virginia
Maupin v. Whiting 5 Va. 224 1798 1 Virginia
Anonymous 1 N.C. 146 1798 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Blincoe v. Berkeley 5 Va. 405 1798 1 Virginia
State v. Millis 2 Del. Cas. 238 1798 0 Indictment of a constable for holding an enslaved man after a fight Delaware
State v. Loadnum 2 Del. Cas. 240 1798 0 Indictment for murder of his enslaved man; guilty for manslaughter Delaware