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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
Walter v. Miller 1 Del. 7 1832 0 Act of trover of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run 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
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
State v. Griffin 3 Del. 560 1840 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
State v. Parrimore 2 Del. Cas. 124 1799 0 Indictment for kidnapping and selling an enslaved man Delaware
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
King v. Fergus 1 Del. Cas. 303 1801 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Dave v. Houston 1 Del. Cas. 314 1801 0 Petition of freedom for rest of enslaved people with promissory notes; denied Delaware
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
Cager v. White 1 Del. Cas. 181 1798 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
Green v. Brooks 25 Ark. 318 1869 0 Appropriation of estate including enslaved person Arkansas
Cecil v. Cecil 19 Md. 72 1862 0 Maryland
McWillie v. Martin 25 Ark. 556 1869 0 Challenge to executor actions that included sale of "a negro woman" Arkansas
Brewer v. Connell 11 Hum. 500 1851 0 Tennessee