Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fairclaim v. Guthrie 5 Va. 7 1797 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. George 1 Del. Cas. 161 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty due to alibi Delaware
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Anonymous 3 N.C. 26 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Levi v. Bar 1 Del. Cas. 120 1797 0 Petition for freedom; Denied Delaware
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Carter v. Tyler 5 Va. 165 1797 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Wright v. Walker 3 N.C. 16 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Maxwell v. Light 5 Va. 117 1797 1 Virginia
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
Gray v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 139 1797 0 Issue of funding of enslaved individuals in a will Delaware
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Cutchin v. Wilkinson 5 Va. 3 1797 1 Virginia
Craik's Administrators v. Clark 3 N.C. 22 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Indictment for assault and battery on an enslaved man by a deputized man Delaware