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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Beall v. Ledlow 14 Ala. 523 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Goodrich v. Harding 24 Va. 280 1825 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Urquhart v. Clarke 23 Va. 549 1824 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Lewis's Administrator v. Wyatt 23 Va. 114 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Royall's Administrators v. Johnson 22 Va. 421 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Horde's Administrators 22 Va. 242 1822 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Levy of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Early v. Early 21 Va. 124 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waller v. Mills 14 N.C. 515 1832 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Prior v. Kinney's Executor 20 Va. 510 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Pool v. Harrison 18 Ala. 514 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA