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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peytavin v. Hopkins 6 Mart. (o.s.) 256 1819 0 Agency, partneships, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, evidence Louisiana
Carrington's Executors v. Belt 20 Va. 374 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
James v. M'Williams 20 Va. 301 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pickett v. Stewart 22 Va. 478 1819 1 Virginia
Ellis v. Baird 20 Va. 456 1819 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter v. Waddy 20 Va. 418 1819 1 Virginia
Shumate v. Dunbar 20 Va. 430 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Chapman v. Dixon's Adm'x. 4 H. & J. 527 1819 0 Maryland
Liggon v. Fuqua 20 Va. 281 1819 1 Virginia
Adams v. Anderson 4 H. & J. 558 1819 0 Maryland
Maddox v. State ex rel. Swann 4 H. & J. 539 1819 0 Maryland
Sam v. Green 2 D.C. 165 1819 0 Freedom Petition United States
Commonwealth v. Cohen 4 Va. 158 1819 0 Second Degree Murder General Ct of VA
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Negro Lish 4 H. & J. 441 1819 0 Maryland
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
Taliaferro v. Gatewood 20 Va. 320 1819 1 Virginia
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
Ellison v. Woody 20 Va. 368 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA