Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Hitch v. Patten 13 Del. 334 1889 1 Delaware
State v. Adair 31 Del. 558 1922 1 Delaware
Merchants Union Trust Co. v. New Philadelphia Graphite Co. 10 Del. Ch. 155 1913 1 Delaware
Bryan v. Milby 6 Del. Ch. 208 1890 1 Delaware
Rudnick v. Shoenberg 32 Del. 339 1923 1 Delaware
Doughten v. Vandever 5 Del. Ch. 51 1875 1 Delaware
Handy v. Clark 9 Del. 16 1869 0 Ability to recover damages for failed wages when "voluntarily" enslaved; right for her to testify Delaware
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Trover of an enslaved individual Delaware
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
Morris v. Cannon 1 Del. 220 1833 0 No replevin to a free man; issue of whether if a person was enslaved or an indentured servant Delaware
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Anthony 2 Del. Cas. 248 1802 0 Manslaughter charge; not gulty Delaware
Gray v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 139 1797 0 Issue of funding of enslaved individuals in a will Delaware
Bellach v. Gabb 2 Del. Cas. 231 1805 0 Qui tam action for illegal expotation; $100 Delaware
King v. Phillips 6 Del. 349 1857 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Horsey v. Thomas C. Horsey's Executors 6 Del. 438 1857 0 Inheritance of two enslaved indivduals to wife and one to son Delaware
Windsor v. Boyce 6 Del. 605 1858 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
State v. Tilghman 5 Del. 495 1854 0 Whether a person was enslaved or not Delaware
State v. York 5 Del. 493 1854 0 Larceny charge while escaping Delaware
Madden v. Phelps No. 1055-K, 1995 WL 606318, at *13 (Del. Ch. May 15, 1995) 1995 1 contracts Delaware