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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Spencer v. Pilcher 35 Va. 565 1887 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Randall v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 254 1872 0 Action naming negro a slave Mississippi
Striplin v. Ware 36 Ala. 87 1860 0 Action of adultery Alabama
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Hunter v. Fulcher 26 Va. 126 1827 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Colvin v. Menefee 52 Va. 87 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Fitzhugh's Ex'or v. Fitzhugh 52 Va. 300 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Bryan v. Philpot 25 N.C. 467 1843 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Hatchell v. Odom 19 N.C. 302 1837 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Spruill v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance 46 N.C. 126 1853 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Chapman v. Campbell 54 Va. 105 1856 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Darden v. Joyner 31 N.C. 339 1849 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Gray v. Bowls 18 N.C. 437 1836 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Kennaird v. Jones 50 Va. 183 1852 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Bogle v. N. C. Rail Road 51 N.C. 419 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Buster v. Ruffner 19 Va. 27 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Sleight v. Watson 53 N.C. 10 1860 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Taylor's Administratrix v. Richards 17 Va. 8 1811 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina