Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maxwell v. Light 5 Va. 117 1797 1 Virginia
Campbell v. Digges 4 H. & McH. 12 1797 0 Maryland
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
Countz v. Geiger 5 Va. 190 1797 1 Virginia
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Connecticut
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Grymes v. Pendleton 5 Va. 54 1797 1 Virginia
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Branch v. Burnley 5 Va. 147 1797 1 Virginia
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Delaware
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 North Carolina
Craik's Administrators v. Clark 3 N.C. 22 1797 0 North Carolina
Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 63 1797 0 Maryland
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 North Carolina
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Delaware
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 374 1797 0 Civil New Jersey
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Civil District Court, D. New York