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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lessee of Wilson v. Rhoades 4 Yeates 38 1804 0 Recovery for ejectment SC of PA.
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Stone v. Sanders 38 Tenn. 248 1858 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Conoway 4 Yeates 108 1804 0 Fraud SC of PA.
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 271 1801 0 Recover price of slaves SC of PA.
Respublica v. Deaves 3 Yeates 465 1803 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Tryphenia v. Harrison 24 F. Cas. 252 1806 0 Indictment against slave trader Circuit Court, D. PA.
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Recovery for freedom and labor SC of PA.
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Echols v. Jordan 39 Ala. 24 1863 0 Partition of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Rucker's Adm'r v. Gilbert 30 Va. 8 1831 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Cook 30 Va. 32 1831 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Norris v. Johnston 58 Va. 8 1866 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Randolph v. Randolph 29 Va. 540 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Coutts v. Walker 29 Va. 268 1830 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waller v. Armistead's Adm'rs 29 Va. 11 1830 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Davenport v. Commonwealth 28 Va. 588 1829 0 Kidnapping General Ct of VA