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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
President v. Hodgson 20 Va. 163 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Abraham v. Matthews 20 Va. 159 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Lynch v. Hill 20 Va. 114 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Lewis v. Thornton 20 Va. 87 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bolling v. Robertson 20 Va. 220 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
De Fontaine v. De Fontaine 5 H. & J. 99 1818 0 0 Maryland
Chew Executor of Wormeley v. Moffett 20 Va. 120 1818 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. George 1 Del. Cas. 632 1818 0 Petition for freedom denied Delaware
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Fishwick's Adm'r. v. Sewell 4 H. & J. 393 1818 0 Maryland
Greshams v. Gresham 20 Va. 187 1818 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Negro Lish 4 H. & J. 441 1819 0 Maryland
Cordle's Administrator v. Cordle's Executor 20 Va. 455 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
Ellis v. Baird 20 Va. 456 1819 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
Carrington's Executors v. Belt 20 Va. 374 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA