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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bland v. Wyatt 11 Va. 543 1807 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Patty v. Colin 11 Va. 519 1807 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Merideth v. Johns 11 Va. 585 1807 0 Action sounding in damages SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Chapman 11 Va. 240 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Worsham v. M'Kenzie 11 Va. 342 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Eldridge v. Fisher 11 Va. 559 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Lowell 3 Mass. 331 1807 1 Massachusetts
Murrell v. Johnson's Administrator 11 Va. 450 1807 0 Suit on an indemnifying bond SC of Appeals VA
Morris v. Spier 2 Del. Cas. 23 1807 0 Character of an enslaved man not relevant to the extension of his enslavement Delaware
Reason v. Bridges 1 D.C. 477 1807 0 Jury Challenge United States
Cringan v. Nicolson's Executors 11 Va. 429 1807 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Ragsdale 12 Va. 8 1807 0 Sale of mortgaged property SC of Chancery VA
Whiting v. Daniel 11 Va. 390 1807 0 Suit for freedom ? SC of Appeals VA
Pierce v. Turner 1 D.C. 433 1807 0 Judgement error United States
Hoskins v. Wright 11 Va. 377 1807 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Garland v. Bugg 11 Va. 374 1807 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hook v. Ross 11 Va. 310 1807 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Cooper v. Saunders 11 Va. 409 1807 1 Virginia
Henderson v. Allens 11 Va. 235 1807 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lucy v. Slade 1 D.C. 422 1807 0 Evidence United States