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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Allen v. Freeland 24 Va. 170 1825 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Marsh v. Hampton 50 N.C. 382 1858 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Blakey v. Newby's Administrators 20 Va. 64 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Scott v. Gibbon 19 Va. 86 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Buster v. Ruffner 19 Va. 27 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Boatright v. Meggs 18 Va. 145 1814 0 Action in detinue SC of Appeals VA
Alexander v. Deneale 16 Va. 341 1811 0 Action of fraud SC of Appeals VA
Rose v. Murchie 6 Va. 409 1800 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Logan v. State 40 Ala. 733 1867 0 Emancipation dispute Alabama
Weems v. Bryan 21 Ala. 302 1852 0 Property dispute Alabama
Leaptrot v. Robertson 44 Ga. 46 1871 0 executor of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Westmoreland v. State 45 Ga. 225 1872 0 evidence of criminal insanity Georgia
Johnson v. Kelly 44 Ga. 485 1871 0 Guardianship of former slave Georgia
Brown v. May 15 Va. 288 1810 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Drew v. Anderson 5 Va. 51 1797 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Keene v. Lee 1 Va. 239 1793 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pease v. Scranton 11 Ga. 33 1852 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Moody v. State 54 Ga. 660 1875 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Gray v. Hodge 50 Ga. 262 1873 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
House v. Woodard 45 Tenn. 196 1867 0 Tennessee