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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Mortimer v. Brumfield 17 Va. 122 1812 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Lashley v. Lashley 48 N.C. 414 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Riddick v. Cohoon 25 Va. 547 1826 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Thomas 30 Va. 682 1832 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Clayton 7 Va. 554 1790 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
McLean v. Jackson 34 N.C. 149 1851 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Marston v. Parish 1 Jefferson 1 1730 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA
Butler v. Parks 1 Va. 76 1792 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Gwynn 27 N.C. 187 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Burnley v. Lambert 1 Va. 308 1794 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Satterwhite v. Hicks 44 N.C. 105 1852 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Robertson v. Ewell 17 Va. 1 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Faulkner's Administratrix v. Brockenbrough 25 Va. 246 1826 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Thomas v. Soper 19 Va. 28 1816 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hamlin v. Alston 18 N.C. 479 1836 0 Action of detinnue North Carolina
Simpson v. King 33 N.C. 377 1850 0 Action of detinnue North Carolina
Bennett v. Flowers 18 N.C. 467 1836 0 Action of detinnue North Carolina