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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Grayson v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 712 1849 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Pryor v. Duncan 47 Va. 27 1849 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Illinois
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 Writ of right SC of Appeals VA
Jameson's Adm'x v. Deshields 44 Va. 4 1846 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Brent v. Richards 43 Va. 539 1846 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Johns v. Davis's Ex'or 41 Va. 729 1844 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Davis v. Newman 41 Va. 664 1844 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Williams v. Manuel 40 Va. 639 1843 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Nix 38 Va. 636 1841 0 Selling a free man as a slave General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Trover Alabama
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 Suit for freedom General Ct. of VA
Charlton v. Gardner 38 Va. 281 1840 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Bruce v. Leveringe 23 Md. 288 1865 0 Maryland
Minor v. Clark 43 Ga. 428 1871 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia