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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bullitt's Executors v. Winstons 15 Va. 269 1810 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Thompsons v. Meek 34 Va. 419 1836 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Peter v. Hargrave 46 Va. 12 1848 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Beasley v. Owen 13 Va. 449 1800 0 Fraud SC of Appeals VA
Nelson's Adm'r v. Cornwell 52 Va. 724 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Hooe v. Pierce 1 Va. 212 1793 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Patty v. Colin 11 Va. 519 1807 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Mosby v. Leeds 7 Va. 439 1803 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Town of Exeter v. Town of Warwick 1 R.I. 63 1834 0 Rhode Island
Respublica v. Richards 2 U.S. 224 1795 0 Criminal Abduction of Freedmen Pennsylvania
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
State v. Jesse 20 N.C. 98 1838 0 Double Jeopardy North Carolina
State v. George 29 N.C. 321 1847 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
State v. Roland 28 N.C. 241 1846 0 Indictment for marry a slave North Carolina