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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Beall v. Beck 3 D.C. 666 1829 0 Replevin United States
Gardner v. Simpson 2 D.C. 405 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Dickinson v. Hoomes 42 Va. 303 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Malone's Adm'r v. Hobbs 40 Va. 347 1842 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Petty v. State 65 Tenn. 610 1872 0 Tennessee
W. B. Chaffin & Bro. v. Stuart 60 Tenn. 296 1872 0 Tennessee
Maloney v. Stephens 58 Tenn. 738 1872 0 Tennessee
Mountcastle v. Mills 58 Tenn. 267 1872 0 Tennessee
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Skipwith v. Cabell's Ex'or 60 Va. 758 1870 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Waterbury v. Netherland 53 Tenn. 512 1871 0 Tennessee
Goodman v. Walker 30 Ala. 482 1857 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Queen v. Neale 2 D.C. 3 1810 0 Petition for Freedom United States
Turner v. Turner 44 Ala. 437 1870 0 Divorce on the grounds of adultery Alabama
Newman v. Davis 2 D.C. 16 1810 0 Trespass vi et armis United States
Rose v. Kennedy 1 D.C. 29 1801 0 Assault and Battery to right to freedom United States
Atkinson v. Patton 1 D.C. 46 1802 0 Slander United States
Humphries v. Tench 2 D.C. 337 1822 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ballentine v. Spear 61 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee