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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jennings v. Montague 43 Va. 350 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Sentencing a Slave to Death for the Rape of a White Women Supreme Court of FL
Southall's Adm'r v. Taylor 55 Va. 269 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Andrews v. Avory 55 Va. 229 1858 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Mosby's Adm'r v. Mosby's Adm'r 50 Va. 584 1853 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bentley v. Harris's Adm'r 43 Va. 357 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Wynn v. Carrell 43 Va. 227 1845 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Cabaness v. Matthews 43 Va. 325 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Jones 43 Va. 555 1845 0 Misdemeanor - fornication with a slave General Ct. of VA
Kean v. Welch 42 Va. 404 1845 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hickerson's Adm'r v. Helm 41 Va. 628 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Ellis v. Jenny 41 Va. 597 1844 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Arrington v. Cheatham 41 Va. 492 1843 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Page v. Page 41 Va. 424 1843 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Perrin v. Lomax 41 Va. 133 1843 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hamletts v. Hamlett's Ex'ors 39 Va. 350 1841 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hansbrough's Ex'ors v. Hooe 39 Va. 316 1841 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Land v. Jeffries 5 Rand. 211 1827 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Mortimer v. Moffatt 14 Va. 503 1810 0 Suit for an injunction SC of Chancery VA