Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Baird v. Rice 5 Va. 18 1797 1 Virginia
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Connecticut
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Delaware
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 North Carolina
McKenzie v. Ashe 2 N.C. 578 1797 1 North Carolina
Somerville v. Trueman's Devisees 4 H. & McH. 43 1797 0 Maryland
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
Chichester v. Vass 5 Va. 83 1797 1 Virginia
Galbraith v. Whyte 2 N.C. 535 1797 1 North Carolina
Grymes v. Pendleton 5 Va. 54 1797 1 Virginia
Campbell v. Digges 4 H. & McH. 12 1797 0 Maryland
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 North Carolina
Brewer v. Opie 5 Va. 212 1798 1 Virginia
Fowler v. Saunders 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Preston v. Auditor of Public Accounts 5 Va. 471 1798 1 Virginia
Fowler v. Saunders 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 1 Virginia
Spencer v. Moore 8 Va. 423 1798 1 Virginia
C. Dorsey's Ex'rs. v. E. Dorsey's Admr. 4 H. & McH. 231 1798 0 Maryland
Maupin v. Whiting 5 Va. 224 1798 1 Virginia
Anonymous 1 N.C. 146 1798 0 North Carolina