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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lynch v. Hill 20 Va. 114 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
President v. Hodgson 20 Va. 163 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Greshams v. Gresham 20 Va. 187 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bolling v. Robertson 20 Va. 220 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Vansant v. Money 4 H. & J. 313 1818 0 Maryland
Cummings v. MacGill 6 N.C. 357 1818 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Den on the demise of Arrington v. Alston 6 N.C. 321 1818 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Campbell v. Staiert 6 N.C. 389 1818 0 Trespass North Carolina
Harry v. Decker 1 Miss. 36 1818 0 Question of freedom for slave Mississippi
Chew Executor of Wormeley v. Moffett 20 Va. 120 1818 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bennett v. Hardaway 20 Va. 125 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Givens v. Manns 20 Va. 191 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Ronald v. Barkley 20 F. Cas. 1148 1818 0 Action of debt Cir Ct, D of VA
Henderson v. Tom 4 H. & J. 282 1817 0 0 Maryland
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
South v. Solomon 20 Va. 12 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware