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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Commonwealth v. Mann 4 Va. 210 1820 0 Sexual Assault General Ct of VA
The Wilson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 239 1820 0 Illegal importation of slaves Cir Ct, D of VA
Williamson v. Farley 21 Va. 15 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Stone v. Ware 20 Va. 541 1820 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Watford v. Pitt 7 N.C. 468 1819 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Killian v. Watt 7 N.C. 167 1819 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
State v. Brown 7 N.C. 224 1819 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slaves North Carolina
M'Kay v. Hendon 7 N.C. 21 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Key v. Allen 7 N.C. 523 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Guy v. Hall 7 N.C. 150 1819 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Shumate v. Dunbar 20 Va. 430 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Ellis v. Baird 20 Va. 456 1819 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Chapman v. Dixon's Adm'x. 4 H. & J. 527 1819 0 Maryland
Maddox v. State ex rel. Swann 4 H. & J. 539 1819 0 Maryland
Wicks v. Chew 4 H. & J. 543 1819 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Negro Lish 4 H. & J. 441 1819 0 Maryland