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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Colquhoun v. Atkinsons 20 Va. 550 1820 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Farley 21 Va. 15 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Stone v. Ware 20 Va. 541 1820 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Tackett 8 N.C. 210 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
Lyons v. Brown 21 Va. 105 1820 0 Land Contract SC of Appeals VA
Hinds v. Terry 1 Miss. 80 1820 0 Property dispute Mississippi
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Action against person for killing a slave Mississippi
Wooddy v. Flournoy 20 Va. 506 1820 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Brush v. Wilkins 4 Johns. Ch. 506 1820 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Backus v. Taylor 20 Va. 488 1820 1 Virginia
Griffith v. Fanny 21 Va. 143 1820 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Billy v. State 11 S.C.L. 356 1820 0 South Carolina
United States v. La Coste 26 F. Cas. 826 1820 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1167 1820 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Harrison v. Rowan 11 F. Cas. 658 1820 1 United States
Cole v. Fenwick 21 Va. 134 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
William v. Kelly 5 H. & J. 59 1820 0 Maryland
Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset 16 Mass. 454 1820 0 Assumpsit for expenses Massachusetts
Davis v. Jacquin & Pomerait 5 H. & J. 100 1820 0 Maryland
Burnet & Rigden ex rel. Gilmor v. Courts 5 H. & J. 78 1820 0 Maryland