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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Nan v. Moxley 1 D.C. 523 1808 0 Freedom/Manumission United States
Simmons v. Gird 2 D.C. 100 1814 0 Freedom Petition United States
Beale v. Digges 47 Va. 582 1850 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Scott v. Bartleman 2 D.C. 313 1822 0 Assumpsit United States
Ross's Ex'or v. M'Lauchlan's Adm'r 48 Va. 86 1850 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Thornton 48 Va. 99 1850 0 Division of slaves SC of Appeals VA
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 Freedom Petition United States
Brewer v. Harris 46 Va. 285 1848 0 Illegal detainment SC of Appeals VA
Morris' adm'r v. Morris' adm'r 45 Va. 293 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
Moses v. Dunnaho 1 D.C. 315 1806 0 Freedom Petition United States
Graham v. Tankersley 15 Ala. 634 1849 0 Defendant paid plaintiff for contract in defective enslaved persons Alabama
Crouch v. Dabney 43 Va. 415 1846 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Wills v. Spraggins 44 Va. 555 1847 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Redwine v. Glover 45 Ga. 134 1872 0 injunction over property issue Supreme Court of Georgia