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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blount v. Davis 13 N.C. 19 1828 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Loftin v. Hugins 13 N.C. 10 1828 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Barnes v. Dickinson 16 N.C. 273 1828 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Briley v. Cherry 13 N.C. 2 1828 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bassett's Executrix v. Jordan 1 Stew. 352 1828 0 Contract of sale dispute Alabama
Howett v. Alexander 12 N.C. 431 1828 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Coleman v. Cocke 27 Va. 618 1828 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Spotts v. Gillaspie 27 Va. 566 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Moses v. Denigree 27 Va. 561 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Booth 27 Va. 670 1828 0 Unlawful Assembly of Slaves General Ct of VA
Redford's Administrator v. Peggy 27 Va. 316 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Randolph v. Randolph 27 Va. 194 1828 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Sawney v. Carter 27 Va. 173 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Kelly v. Kelly's Executors 27 Va. 176 1828 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Tomlinson's Administrator v. Mason 27 Va. 169 1828 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Talbert v. Jenny 27 Va. 159 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bell v. Hogan 1 Stew. 536 1828 0 Detinue Alabama
Edelen's Lessee v. Smoot 2 H. & G. 285 1828 0 Maryland
T. & W. Brandon v. Planters & Merchants' Bank of Huntsville 1 Stew. 320 1828 0 Trover Alabama
Laidler's Adm'x. v. State ex rel. Hawkins 2 H. & G. 277 1828 0 Maryland