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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hardaway v. Manson 16 Va. 230 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Chichester's Executrix v. Vass's Administrator 15 Va. 98 1810 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Fox 12 Va. 245 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hook v. Nanny 14 Va. 157 1809 0 Action of trespass, assault, battery, false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Pallas v. Hill 12 Va. 149 1807 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Parish v. Gray 10 Va. 18 1806 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Higgenbotham v. Rucker 6 Va. 313 1800 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Eppes v. Randolph 6 Va. 125 1799 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Minor 5 Va. 524 1799 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Shelton v. Ward 5 Va. 538 1799 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Chapman v. Chapman 8 Va. 430 1799 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Turpin v. Turpin 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 137 1791 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 Libel and Slander H.Ct of Chancery VA
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Gillis v. McKay 15 N.C. 172 1833 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Southerland v. Webb 15 N.C. 245 1833 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Phillips v. State 33 Ga. 281 1862 0 Larceny Supreme Court of Georgia