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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Colemans v. Holladay 20 Va. 47 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Parham 19 Va. 457 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Merrymans v. Merryman 19 Va. 440 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bolling v. Bolling 19 Va. 334 1817 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
The Mary 15 U.S. 123 1817 1 United States
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Recover for money paid Massachusetts
Boyd Executor of Hoskins v. Kaufmans 20 Va. 45 1817 1 Virginia
Smith v. Touro 14 Mass. 112 1817 1 Massachusetts
Love v. White & Cox 5 Tenn. 210 1817 1 Tennessee
Hicks v. Parham 4 Tenn. 225 1817 1 Tennessee
Haynes v. Wright 5 Tenn. 63 1817 1 Tennessee
Gale v. Parrot 1 N.H. 28 1817 1 New Hampshire
Conway v. Hale 5 Tenn. 1 1817 1 Tennessee
M'Elhatton ex rel. Coalter v. Howell 5 Tenn. 19 1817 1 Tennessee
Cunningham v. Shields 5 Tenn. 44 1817 1 Tennessee
Ragsdale v. Buford's Executors 4 Tenn. 192 1817 1 Tennessee
Shute v. Buchanon 4 Tenn. 207 1817 1 Tennessee
Daniel v. Rose 10 S.C.L. 33 1817 1 South Carolina
Perkins ex rel. Eliza v. Hadley 5 Tenn. 148 1817 1 Tennessee
Seville v. Chretien 5 Mart. (o.s.) 275 1817 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, witness testimony, Louisiana