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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Chapman 11 Va. 240 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bernard v. Hipkins 10 Va. 101 1806 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Deneale v. Morgan's Ex'ors 9 Va. 407 1805 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Robinson v. Armistead 2 Va. Col. Dec. 208 1737 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Dandridge v. Dorrington 9 Va. 351 1805 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cary v. Macon 8 Va. 605 1803 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Burwell 8 Va. 321 1803 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hill v. Burrow 7 Va. 342 1803 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Read v. Payne 7 Va. 225 1802 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Owen 6 Va. 520 1801 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Fitzhugh v. Foote 7 Va. 13 1801 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Martin's Executrix v. Martin 25 Ala. 201 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Graham v. Woodson 6 Va. 249 1800 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Selden v. King 6 Va. 72 1799 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Dunn v. Bray 5 Va. 338 1798 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Davies v. Miller 5 Va. 127 1797 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Fairclaim v. Guthrie 5 Va. 7 1797 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cole v. Clayborn 1 Va. 262 1794 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cary v. Buxton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 183 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Hooe v. Kelsick 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 190 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA