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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cornwell v. Truss 16 Va. 195 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Fowler v. Lee 18 Va. 373 1815 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Gornto v. Bonney 34 Va. 234 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Walthall v. Johnston 6 Va. 275 1800 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Giles v. Mallecote 1 Jefferson 52 1738 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA
Bradley v. Mosby 7 Va. 50 1801 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hairston v. Hall 7 Va. 218 1802 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Stratton v. Minn 16 Va. 329 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Marston v. Parish 1 Jefferson 1 1730 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA
Palmer v. Word 2 Va. Col. Dec. 268 1738 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA
Holladay v. Littlepage 16 Va. 539 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Royall v. Eppes 16 Va. 479 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Crouch v. Dabney 43 Va. 415 1846 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Harrington v. Moore 48 N.C. 56 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Webb v. Weeks 48 N.C. 279 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
McLemore v. Nuckolls 37 Ala. 662 1861 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Dent v. Portwood 17 Ala. 242 1850 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Feagin v. Pearson 42 Ala. 332 1868 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Brown v. Handley 34 Va. 119 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA