This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1842 |
| Citation: | 40 Va. 675 |
| Jurisdiction: | General Ct. of VA |
| People: | Delphy Anderson, Randol Kinney, Hannah Cox, Nancy Hicks, Gabriel Jones, and Tom Bow |
| Short Summary: | A slaveholder allowed his slave to "go at large and hire themselves out," which was against the law. Abraham is the slaveholder, not the name of any of the slaves. |
| Law type: | ? |
| Full name: | Abrahams v. The Commonwealth |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia |