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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Booker v. Kirkpatrick 67 Va. 145 1875 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Baker v. Wise 57 Va. 139 1861 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Cooper v. Hepburn 56 Va. 551 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Fulton's Ex'ors v. Gracey 56 Va. 314 1859 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
McDaniel v. Baskervill 54 Va. 228 1856 0 Trusts & Estates SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Malone's Adm'r v. Hobbs 40 Va. 347 1842 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States
Morton v. Beall's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 136 1828 0 Maryland
Hill v. Cunningham 25 Tex. 25 1860 0 Texas
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Blythe v. Speaks 23 Tex. 429 1859 0 Texas
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Illinois
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California
Carroll v. Carroll 20 Tex. 731 1858 0 Texas
Hancock v. Butler 21 Tex. 804 1858 0 Texas
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Corse v. Patterson 6 H. & J. 153 1824 0 Maryland
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee