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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Custis v. Fitzhugh Jeff. 72 1768 0 Trusts General Ct. of VA
Isbell v. Butler Jeff. 10 1735 0 Descent & Distribution General Ct. of VA
Chapman v. Chapman 8 Va. 430 1799 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Aylett v. Minnis 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 219 1793 0 Wills & Estate H.Ct of Chancery VA
Howell v. Netherland 1 Jefferson 90 1770 0 Suit for freedom ? General Ct. of VA
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Westbrook v. Croom 15 N.C. 250 1833 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Southerland v. Webb 15 N.C. 245 1833 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Conflciting Contracts to Borrow Enslaved Persons Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Harvey v. Smith 18 N.C. 186 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hamilton v. M'Carty 18 N.C. 226 1835 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Rowlett v. Rowlett's Ex'ors 32 Va. 20 1834 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA