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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Reids Adm'r v. Blackstone 55 Va. 363 1858 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sherman v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 677 1858 0 Writ of Error SC of Appeals VA
Goddin v. Vaughn's Ex'x 55 Va. 102 1858 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Duval v. Malone 55 Va. 24 1857 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
De Ende v. Wilkinson's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 663 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Norman v. Hill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 676 1857 0 Action of debt Special Ct of Appeals VA
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hooe v. Hooe 54 Va. 245 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Calahan's Adm'rs v. Depriest 54 Va. 274 1856 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Gaw v. Huffman 53 Va. 628 1855 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Traylor v. Marshall 11 Ala. 458 1847 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Ratcliff v. Polly 53 Va. 528 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Ruffners v. Putney 53 Va. 541 1855 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Cullins 53 Va. 394 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Snoddy v. Haskins 53 Va. 363 1855 0 Injunction to restrain the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Custis v. Snead 53 Va. 260 1855 0 Suit for partition of land SC of Appeals VA
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA