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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Commonwealth v. Howard 38 Va. 631 1841 0 Assault / Beating General Ct. of VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 675 1841 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Marston v. Parish 1 Jefferson 1 1730 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA
Custis v. Fitzhugh Jeff. 72 1768 0 Trusts General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Griffin Jeff. 132 1772 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Stephen 31 Va. 679 1833 0 Murder General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 (attempted) sexual assault General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Nix 38 Va. 636 1841 0 Selling a free man as a slave General Ct. of VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Ex parte Ball 43 Va. 588 1845 0 Writ of habeus corpus General Ct. of VA
Grayson v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 712 1849 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Davenport v. Commonwealth 28 Va. 588 1829 0 Kidnapping General Ct of VA
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Carver 26 Va. 660 1827 0 First-degree murder General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut