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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wade v. Watt 41 Miss. 248 1866 0 Execution of levy Mississippi
Almond v. Almond 25 Va. 662 1826 0 Divorce (division of property) SC of Appeals VA
Emerson v. Howland 8 F. Cas. 634 1816 0 Recovery for wages United States
Garrison v. Eborn 56 N.C. 228 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Everton v. Everton 50 N.C. 202 1857 0 Divorce North Carolina
Brown v. Constant Gray 51 N.C. 103 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina
Hobson v. Yancey 43 Va. 73 1845 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Watson v. Davis. 52 N.C. 178 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Fuller v. Fuller 58 N.C. 223 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Recovery of an Enslaved Girl who was Mistakenly Sold Alabama
Partee v. Badget 12 Tenn. 174 1833 0 Contracts Tennessee
Knight v. Yarborough 25 Va. 566 1826 0 Appointment of slaves SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Moore 4 Va. 155 1819 0 Suffering a slave General Ct of VA
Pickett v. Chilton 19 Va. 467 1817 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Gay v. Moseley 16 Va. 543 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Hewitt 12 Va. 181 1808 0 Action of debt ? SC of Appeals VA
Drummond v. Sneed 6 Va. 491 1800 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Woodson v. Woodson 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 129 1791 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Branch Bank at Montgomery v. Parker 5 Ala. 731 1843 0 Levy on sundry enslaved persons Alabama