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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1167 1820 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Baptiste v. De Volunbrun 5 H. & J. 86 1820 0 Maryland
Walkup v. Pratt 5 H. & J. 51 1820 0 Maryland
Chapman v. Dixon's Adm'x. 4 H. & J. 527 1819 0 Maryland
Ellison v. Woody 20 Va. 368 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
James v. M'Williams 20 Va. 301 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cordle's Administrator v. Cordle's Executor 20 Va. 455 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
Carrington's Executors v. Belt 20 Va. 374 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. White 4 H. & J. 548 1819 0 Maryland
Hambleton's Ex'r. v. Hayward 4 H. & J. 443 1819 0 Maryland
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sam v. Green 2 D.C. 165 1819 0 Freedom Petition United States
Shumate v. Dunbar 20 Va. 430 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA