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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mayo v. Tomkies 20 Va. 520 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wooddy v. Flournoy 20 Va. 506 1820 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Boggess v. Boggess 20 Va. 486 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Anderson's Administrator v. Davies's Administrator 20 Va. 484 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
McGrew v. Cato's Executors 1 Minor 8 1820 0 Action against person for killing enslaved person Alabama
Self's Administrator v. Tune 20 Va. 470 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Griffin v. Graham 8 N.C. 96 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hinds v. Terry 1 Miss. 80 1820 0 Property dispute Mississippi
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Action against person for killing a slave Mississippi
Town of Columbia v. Williams 3 Conn. 467 1820 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Clayton v. Mitchell 2 Del. Cas. 532 1820 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Mariner v. Kershaw 2 Del. Cas. 576 1820 0 Replevin of an enslaved person Delaware
Gusty v. Diggs 2 D.C. 210 1820 0 Employment United States
William v. Kelly 5 H. & J. 59 1820 0 Maryland
Davis v. Jacquin & Pomerait 5 H. & J. 100 1820 0 Maryland
Burnet & Rigden ex rel. Gilmor v. Courts 5 H. & J. 78 1820 0 Maryland
Griffith v. Fanny 21 Va. 143 1820 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Cole v. Fenwick 21 Va. 134 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Blanton v. Taylor 21 Va. 209 1820 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Lyons v. Brown 21 Va. 105 1820 0 Land Contract SC of Appeals VA