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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leach v. Slater 1 Md. 513 1773 0 0 Maryland
Morgan's Lessee v. Davis 2 Md. 9 1781 0 Maryland
Negro Jack v. Hopewell 6 H. & J. 20 1781 0 0 Maryland
Toogood v. Scott 2 Md. 26 1782 0 Maryland
Ward v. Reeder 2 Md. 145 1785 0 Maryland
Peter v. Elliott's Executors 2 Md. 199 1786 0 Maryland
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland
Johnston v. Meriwether 7 Va. 523 1790 0 Action on a bond SC of Appeals VA
Ross v. Norvell 1 Va. 14 1791 0 Bill of Sale SC of Appeals VA
Somervell v. Hunt 3 Md. 113 1792 0 0 Maryland
Jenkins v. Tom 1 Va. 123 1792 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Porter v. Butler 3 Md. 168 1793 0 0 Maryland
Lamar v. Jones & Clarke 3 Md. 328 1793 0 Maryland
Roy v. Garnett 2 Va. 9 1794 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Walden Executor of Walden v. Payne 2 Va. 1 1794 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Burnley v. Lambert 1 Va. 308 1794 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
De Kerlegand v. Hector 3 Md. 185 1794 0 0 Maryland