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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Isbell v. Butler 2 Va. Col. Dec. 40 1734 0 Virginia
Moore v. People 55 U.S. 13 1852 0 United States
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Shelby v. Guy 24 U.S. 361 1826 0 Wills & Estates United States
Garretson v. Lingan 2 D.C. 236 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States
Wilson v. Lott 5 Fla. 305 1853 0 Alleged Fraud over a Sale of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Hines v. State 93 Ga. 187 1893 1 Georgia
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 Slave (Property) Entailment General Ct. of VA
Dunn v. Sanders 243 Ga. 684 1979 1 Georgia
Whelan v. Reilly 5 W. Va. 356 1872 1 West Virginia
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Webster v. Heard 32 Tex. 685 1870 1 Texas
Campbell v. Miller 562 S.W.2d 827 1977 1 Tennessee
Abernethy v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 322 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
People v. Petrea 1 N.Y. Crim. 198 1882 1 New York
Chase v. State 46 Miss. 683 1872 1 Mississippi
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee