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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Crews v. Pendleton & Mountcastle 28 Va. 297 1829 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Montgomery v. Fletcher 27 Va. 612 1828 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Harrison v. Sims 27 Va. 507 1828 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Fleetwood v. Fleetwood 17 N.C. 222 1832 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Evans v. Bollen 8 F. Cas. 836 1800 0 Recovery for freedom Circuit Court, D. PA.
Faulkner's Administratrix v. Harwood 27 Va. 125 1828 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama