Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Eaves v. Ex'r of Starkey 1 N.C. 45 1796 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Hynes 2 N.C. 320 1796 0 North Carolina
Arnold v. Bell 2 N.C. 456 1796 0 North Carolina
Murfree v. Redding 2 N.C. 318 1796 0 North Carolina
Cox v. Dove 1 N.C. 43 1796 0 North Carolina
Whitbie's Administrators v. Frazier 2 N.C. 317 1796 0 North Carolina
Porter v. McClure 2 N.C. 413 1796 0 North Carolina
Jemima v. Ross 1 Del. Cas. 119 1796 0 Delaware
Hodges v. Blount 2 N.C. 478 1796 0 North Carolina
Ellmore v. Mills 2 N.C. 412 1796 0 North Carolina
Quesnel v. Woodlief 10 Va. 218 1796 1 Virginia
Mackie's Executor v. Davis 2 Va. 716 1796 1 Virginia
Higgins v. Allen 3 Md. 504 1796 0 Maryland
Ruffin v. Pendleton 2 Va. 184 1796 1 Virginia
Phillis v. Lewis 1 Del. Cas. 417 1796 0 Delaware
Charles v. Cochran 2 Del. Cas. 51 1796 0 Delaware
Downman v. Chinn Executor of Downman 2 Va. 189 1796 1 Virginia
Booth's Executors v. Armstrong 2 Va. 301 1796 1 Virginia
Alston v. Taylor 2 N.C. 439 1796 0 North Carolina