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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shelton v. Cocke 17 Va. 191 1811 1 Virginia
King v. Newman 16 Va. 41 1811 1 Virginia
Scott's Executor v. Osborne's Executor 16 Va. 413 1811 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Ketletas v. Fleet 7 Johns. 323 1811 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Orleans Navigation Co v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 10 1811 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Braxton's Adm'x v. Hilyard 16 Va. 49 1811 1 Virginia
Lusk v. Ramsay 17 Va. 417 1811 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Scott's Executor 16 Va. 344 1811 1 Virginia
Ross v. Gordon 16 Va. 289 1811 1 Virginia
Mayo v. Haines 16 Va. 423 1811 1 Virginia
Adm'r of Cross v. Terlington 6 N.C. 6 1811 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lewis v. Spalding 2 D.C. 68 1812 0 Conspiracy to Kidnap a slave United States
Appleton v. Harwell 3 Tenn. 241 1812 1 Tennessee
Betts v. Demumbrune 3 Tenn. 39 1812 1 Tennessee
Geddy v. Butler 17 Va. 345 1812 1 Virginia
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Recovery for illegally selling a slave SC of New York
Baird v. Bland 17 Va. 570 1812 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Custody of body SC of PA.
Mayo v. Purcell 17 Va. 243 1812 1 Virginia
Marks v. Morris 16 Va. 407 1812 1 Virginia