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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellison v. Woody 20 Va. 368 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
James v. M'Williams 20 Va. 301 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
M'Kay v. Hendon 7 N.C. 21 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Walker v. Kelly 7 N.C. 265 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ellis v. Baird 20 Va. 456 1819 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Shumate v. Dunbar 20 Va. 430 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
State v. Brown 7 N.C. 224 1819 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slaves North Carolina
Banks v. Booth 20 Va. 385 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Negro Lish 4 H. & J. 441 1819 0 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Moore 4 Va. 155 1819 0 Suffering a slave General Ct of VA
The Caroline 5 F. Cas. 90 1819 0 Illegal importation of slaves Cir Ct, D of VA
Killian v. Watt 7 N.C. 167 1819 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Cohen 4 Va. 158 1819 0 Second Degree Murder General Ct of VA
Adams v. Anderson 4 H. & J. 558 1819 0 Maryland
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
Blackledge v. Singleton 7 N.C. 597 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Davis v. Brooks 7 N.C. 133 1819 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
State v. Jernigan 7 N.C. 12 1819 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Miller ex rel. Miller v. Harwell 7 N.C. 194 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina