Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Tyler 5 Va. 165 1797 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
State v. George 1 Del. Cas. 161 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty due to alibi Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydlotte 1 Del. Cas. 443 1797 0 Action of trover for an enslaved woman; $80 Delaware
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
Fairclaim v. Guthrie 5 Va. 7 1797 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Baird v. Rice 5 Va. 18 1797 1 Virginia
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
Countz v. Geiger 5 Va. 190 1797 1 Virginia
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Harrison v. Hunter 1 Del. Cas. 138 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man; issue of motions Delaware
Maxwell v. Light 5 Va. 117 1797 1 Virginia
Wright v. Walker 3 N.C. 16 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey