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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hardaway v. Manson 16 Va. 230 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Chichester's Executrix v. Vass's Administrator 15 Va. 98 1810 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wright v. Wright 14 Va. 452 1809 0 Action of debt ? SC of Chancery VA
Stapler v. Hurt's Executors 16 Ala. 799 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Pearce v. Gleaves 18 Tenn. 359 1837 0 Tennessee
McKenzie v. Kerr 37 Tenn. 539 1858 0 Tennessee
Dabney v. Green 14 Va. 101 1809 0 Action of debt ? SC of Appeals VA
Pope v. Towles 13 Va. 47 1808 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Fox 12 Va. 245 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hook v. Nanny 14 Va. 157 1809 0 Action of trespass, assault, battery, false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Bank of the United States v. Patton 6 Miss. 200 1840 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Moore's Administrator v. Dawney 13 Va. 127 1808 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Shirley v. Elizabeth 27 Va. 764 1827 0 Motion to dissolve injunction SC of Appeals VA
Patterson v. Franklin 34 Va. 590 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Springs v. Erwin 28 N.C. 27 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Doty v. Mitchell 17 Miss. 435 1848 0 Contract of a married woman to hire slaves Mississippi
Johnson v. McComb 49 Ga. 120 1871 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Strider v. Reid's Adm'r 43 Va. 38 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA