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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Crews v. Pendleton & Mountcastle 28 Va. 297 1829 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Montgomery v. Fletcher 27 Va. 612 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Burwell's Ex'ors v. Anderson 30 Va. 348 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Samuel v. Marshall 30 Va. 567 1832 0 Sut in equity SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Thomas 30 Va. 682 1832 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Shields v. Anderson 30 Va. 729 1832 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Nelson's Adm'r v. Cornwell 52 Va. 724 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Anderson, adm'r v. Burwell's ex'ors 47 Va. 405 1849 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Welles v. Cole 47 Va. 645 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Boisseau v. Aldridges 32 Va. 222 1834 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Harrison v. Sims 27 Va. 507 1828 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hayes v. Goode 34 Va. 452 1836 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Watson v. Fletcher 48 Va. 1 1850 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hocker v. Hocker 45 Va. 277 1848 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Carpenter v. Utz 45 Va. 270 1848 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA