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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Stephen 31 Va. 679 1833 0 Murder General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Wrongful detainment Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 ?? General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Vance 15 Serg. & Rawle 36 1826 0 Possesion of slave must be registered SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 (attempted) sexual assault General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Weldon 31 Va. 652 1833 0 Burglary General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Williams 3 Va. 14 1791 0 Larceny General Ct. of VA
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Recovery for slaves SC of PA.
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Compton v. Compton 14 Miss. 194 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Compton v. Compton 6 Rob. 154 1843 0 Property, privileges, intervenor, community property, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Compton v. Perry 23 Tex. 414 1859 0 Texas
Compton v. Prescott 12 La. 56 1845 0 Successions, capacity, marriage, wills, property, legitimacy, onerous contracts, testamentary intent, partition Louisiana
Compton v. Woolfolk 6 La. 272 1833 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, promissory notes Louisiana
Comstock v. Rayford 9 Miss. 423 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Conant v. Guesnard 5 La. 696 1850 0 Freedom suit Louisiana