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
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Concklin v. The Harmony 6 F. Cas. 259 1797 0 Services rendered by slave? District Court, D. New York
Baird v. Rice 5 Va. 18 1797 1 Virginia
Grymes v. Pendleton 5 Va. 54 1797 1 Virginia
Gaskins v. Commonwealth 5 Va. 194 1797 1 Virginia
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
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
Wright v. Walker 3 N.C. 16 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Drew v. Anderson 5 Va. 51 1797 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Gibson v. Fristoe 5 Va. 62 1797 1 Virginia
Anonymous 1 N.C. 146 1798 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Brewer v. Opie 5 Va. 212 1798 1 Virginia
Dunn v. Bray 5 Va. 338 1798 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Clagett v. Speake 4 H. & McH. 162 1798 0 0 Maryland
Anonymous 3 N.C. 73 1798 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hooe v. Marquess 8 Va. 416 1798 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Killingsworth v. Zollicoffer 3 N.C. 72 1798 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Chapman's Adm'x v. Turner 5 Va. 280 1798 0 Mortgages SC of Appeals VA