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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Baird v. Bland 19 Va. 492 1817 0 Action of debt ? SC of Appeals VA
Ragsdale v. Buford's Executors 4 Tenn. 192 1817 1 Tennessee
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Love v. White & Cox 5 Tenn. 210 1817 1 Tennessee
Selby's Lessee v. Williss 4 H. & J. 242 1817 0 Maryland
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Withers's Executrix v. Withers's Executor 20 Va. 10 1817 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Stainback 19 Va. 305 1817 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Gaither v. Mumford 4 N.C. 167 1817 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dunbar v. Buck 20 Va. 34 1817 1 Virginia
South v. Solomon 20 Va. 12 1817 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Spence v. Yellowly 4 N.C. 114 1817 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
The Fortuna 15 U.S. 161 1817 1 United States
State v. Walker 4 N.C. 230 1817 0 Homicide North Carolina
Sneed v. Harris 4 N.C. 240 1817 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Curtis v. Lunn Executor of Jones 20 Va. 42 1817 1 Virginia
M'Elhatton ex rel. Coalter v. Howell 5 Tenn. 19 1817 1 Tennessee
State v. Sparrow 4 N.C. 93 1817 0 Larceny North Carolina
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Recovery for supporting defendant's slave SC of New York