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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Angel v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 231 1820 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Bennet 4 Va. 235 1820 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 ?? General Ct of VA
Vandewall v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 275 1821 1 Virginia
Lithgow v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 297 1822 1 Virginia
Campbell v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 314 1822 1 Virginia
Peter v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 330 1823 0 Murder General Ct of VA
Sprouce v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 375 1823 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Booth 4 Va. 394 1824 0 Assault and battery of a slave General Ct of VA
Crawford v. Daigh 4 Va. 521 1826 1 Virginia
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Hickerson 4 Va. 60 1817 1 Virginia
King v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 78 1817 1 Virginia
Smith v. Town of Elkton 4 Va. Cir. 410 1975 1 Virginia
Covington Twp. Overseers v. Sayre 4 Walk. 128 1884 1 Pennsylvania
Chapin v. Bokee 4 Wash. 1 1892 1 Washington
State ex rel. Rochford v. Superior Court 4 Wash. 30 1892 1 Washington
Yesler v. Hochstettler 4 Wash. 349 1892 1 Washington
Warder v. Tainter 4 Watts 270 1835 1 Pennsylvania
Adams v. Jackson 4 Watts & Serg. 55 1842 1 Pennsylvania