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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brewer v. Harris 46 Va. 285 1848 0 Illegal detainment SC of Appeals VA
Adams v. McMichael 37 Ala. 432 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Heth v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. 45 Va. 482 1848 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Morris' adm'r v. Morris' adm'r 45 Va. 293 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Beverley v. Brooke 45 Va. 187 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Moses v. Dunnaho 1 D.C. 315 1806 0 Freedom Petition United States
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 Runaways and Petitioners for freedom United States
Harrisons v. Harrison's Adm'x 43 Va. 1 1845 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Wingard 2 D.C. 300 1822 0 Executory contract United States
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Crease v. Parker 1 D.C. 448 1807 0 Slave Contract Capacity United States
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dickinson v. Hoomes 42 Va. 303 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Skipwith v. Cabell's Ex'or 60 Va. 758 1870 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Turner v. Turner 44 Ala. 437 1870 0 Divorce on the grounds of adultery Alabama
Mims v. Ross 42 Ga. 121 1871 0 delivery of possession Supreme Court of Georgia