Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Higgins v. Allen 3 Md. 504 1796 0 Maryland
Elliott v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 87 1796 0 Delaware
Davenport v. Mason 2 Va. 200 1796 1 Virginia
Pearpoint v. Henry 2 Va. 192 1796 0 SC of Appeals VA
Queen v. Ashton 3 Md. 439 1796 0 Maryland
Young v. Skipwith 2 Va. 300 1796 1 Virginia
Mackie's Executor v. Davis 2 Va. 716 1796 1 Virginia
Ruffin v. Pendleton 2 Va. 184 1796 1 Virginia
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 North Carolina
Lee v. Tapscott 2 Va. 276 1796 1 Virginia
Quesnel v. Woodlief 10 Va. 218 1796 1 Virginia
Booth's Executors v. Armstrong 2 Va. 301 1796 1 Virginia
Overton v. Hudson Executor of Hudson 2 Va. 172 1796 1 Virginia
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Connecticut
Gibson v. Fristoe 5 Va. 62 1797 1 Virginia
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Civil District Court, D. New York
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 63 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland