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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Briscoe v. Clarke 22 Va. 213 1822 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Turner v. Turner's Ex'x 8 Va. 230 1792 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Higgenbotham v. Rucker 6 Va. 313 1800 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Gordon v. Harvey 8 Va. 450 1799 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Gwyn 26 N.C. 275 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Petermans v. Laws 33 Va. 523 1835 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Jordan v. Murray 7 Va. 85 1801 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
McGee v. Hussey 27 N.C. 255 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Mushat v. Brevard 15 N.C. 73 1833 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Holmes v. Hall 14 N.C. 98 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smith v. Yeates 12 N.C. 302 1827 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
McCargo v. Callicott 16 Va. 501 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Griffin v. Richardson 33 N.C. 439 1850 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gay v. Moseley 16 Va. 543 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Elam v. Bass's Executors 18 Va. 301 1814 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hardaway v. Manson 16 Va. 230 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Skinner v. Lamb 25 N.C. 155 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Timberlake v. Graves 20 Va. 174 1818 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA