Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lewis's Administrator v. Wyatt 23 Va. 114 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Royall's Administrators v. Johnson 22 Va. 421 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Horde's Administrators 22 Va. 242 1822 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Levy of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Early v. Early 21 Va. 124 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waller v. Mills 14 N.C. 515 1832 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Prior v. Kinney's Executor 20 Va. 510 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Pool v. Harrison 18 Ala. 514 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Swails v. Bushart 39 Tenn. 561 1859 0 Tennessee
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Timberlake v. Graves 20 Va. 174 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Lawrence v. Swann 19 Va. 332 1817 0 Suit of injunction SC of Appeals VA
Garth's Executors v. Barksdale 19 Va. 101 1816 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Lightfoot’s Executors v. Colgin 19 Va. 42 1813 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cheatwood v. Mayo 19 Va. 16 1816 0 Action for words (slander) SC of Appeals VA