Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Slack v. Wood 50 Va. 40 1852 1 Virginia
Horrel v. M'Alexander 24 Va. 94 1824 1 Virginia
James v. Upton 96 Va. 296 1898 1 Virginia
Town of Danville v. Shelton 76 Va. 325 1882 1 Virginia
Walker v. Bolling 22 Ala. 294 1853 0 Recovery for injuries to enslaved person Virginia
Crabtree v. Horton 18 Va. 59 1813 1 Virginia
Ashby v. Kiger 24 Va. 165 1825 1 Virginia
Helfrick v. Commonwealth 70 Va. 844 1878 1 Virginia
Bruce v. Slemp 82 Va. 352 1886 1 Virginia
Smith v. Ambler 15 Va. 596 1810 1 Virginia
Winslow v. Commonwealth 12 Va. 459 1808 1 Virginia
Roberts' Adm'or v. Cocke, &c. 69 Va. 207 1877 1 Virginia
Ross v. Overton 7 Va. 309 1802 1 Virginia
Nuckols's Adm'r v. Jones 49 Va. 267 1851 1 Virginia
Donally v. Ginatt's Adm'r 32 Va. 359 1834 1 Virginia
Auditor of Public Accounts ex rel. Commonwealth v. Nicholas 16 Va. 31 1811 1 Virginia
Quarles's Administratrix v. Littlepage 12 Va. 401 1808 1 Virginia
Rootes' Ex'x v. Tompkins' Trustees 44 Va. 98 1846 1 Virginia
Backhouse's Adm'x v. Jones's Ex'or 9 Va. 462 1805 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Moore & Goodsons 66 Va. 951 1875 1 Virginia