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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
French v. Townes 51 Va. 513 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Horde's Administrators 22 Va. 242 1822 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Peatross v. M'Laughlin 47 Va. 64 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Alston v. Taylor 2 N.C. 439 1796 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Byrd v. Byrd 4 F. Cas. 947 1825 0 Action of debt Cir Ct, D of VA
Young v. Farrel 3 N.C. 219 1802 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Lewis v. Thompson 12 Va. 100 1808 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Spence v. Bagwell 47 Va. 444 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State ex rel. Graves v. Reed 27 N.C. 357 1845 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Skipwith's Ex'or v. Cunningham 35 Va. 271 1837 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Cunningham v. Mitchell 25 Va. 189 1826 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Barnard v. Gregory 14 N.C. 223 1831 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Jones v. Loftin 9 N.C. 199 1822 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Moye v. Albritton 42 N.C. 62 1850 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hughes v. Pledge 28 Va. 443 1829 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
McKay v. Flowers 44 N.C. 211 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
McBoyle v. Hanks 46 N.C. 133 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Nixon v. Long 33 N.C. 428 1850 0 Action of covenant North Carolina