Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Campbell v. Digges 4 H. & McH. 12 1797 0 Maryland
Starkey's Adm'rs. v. M'Clure 1 N.C. 73 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty Delaware
Peter v. State 4 H. & McH. 3 1797 0 Maryland
Countz v. Geiger 5 Va. 190 1797 1 Virginia
Branch v. Burnley 5 Va. 147 1797 1 Virginia
Wright v. Walker 3 N.C. 16 1797 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Anonymous 3 N.C. 26 1797 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Hogg's Executors v. Ashe 2 N.C. 544 1797 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
Town of Bolton v. Town of Haddam 2 Root 517 1797 0 Recovery for freedom Connecticut
Fowler v. Saunders 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 322 1798 0 Fraudulent gifts of slaves H.Ct of Chancery VA
Clagett v. Speake 4 H. & McH. 162 1798 0 0 Maryland
Towler v. Buchanans, Hastie & Co. 5 Va. 187 1798 0 Mortgages SC of Appeals VA
Witherington v. Williams 1 N.C. 134 1798 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Anonymous 1 N.C. 146 1798 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Cabell v. Hardwick 5 Va. 345 1798 1 Virginia
Anonymous 3 N.C. 73 1798 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Withrington v. Williams 3 N.C. 64 1798 0 Action of trover North Carolina