Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Marks v. Bryant 14 Va. 91 1809 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bates v. Holman 13 Va. 503 1809 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cogbill v. Cogbill 12 Va. 467 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Sale v. Roy 12 Va. 69 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Eldridge v. Fisher 11 Va. 559 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Chapman 11 Va. 240 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Chisholm v. Starke 7 Va. 25 1901 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cary v. Macon 8 Va. 605 1803 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Read v. Payne 7 Va. 225 1802 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Owen 6 Va. 520 1801 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Selden v. King 6 Va. 72 1799 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Dunn v. Bray 5 Va. 338 1798 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Fairclaim v. Guthrie 5 Va. 7 1797 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cole v. Clayborn 1 Va. 262 1794 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Emory v. Erskine 34 Va. 267 1836 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sarah v. Henry 12 Va. 19 1808 0 Injunction SC of Chancery VA
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Recovery for wages SC of Judicature of New York
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 Kidnapping SC of Judicature of New York
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Recovery for freedom SC of Judicature of New York
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 Settlement for slave SC of Maine