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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Grove v. Little 38 Va. 180 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Corbin v. Emmerson 37 Va. 663 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Randolph's Ex'or v. Tucker 37 Va. 655 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Campbells v. Patterson 38 Va. 113 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Fisher v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 673 1840 0 Unlawfully employing a free person of color General Ct. of VA
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 Settlement of accounts SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Caldwell 38 Va. 342 1840 1 Virginia
London v. Turner 38 Va. 403 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Janney v. Barnes 38 Va. 100 1840 1 Virginia
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Harkins v. Forsyth 38 Va. 294 1840 1 Virginia
Charlton v. Gardner 38 Va. 281 1840 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 Suit for freedom General Ct. of VA
Dawson v. Dawson's Ex'or 37 Va. 602 1840 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Clarke v. Curtis 38 Va. 559 1841 1 Virginia