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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ellison v. Woody 20 Va. 368 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Ellis v. Baird 20 Va. 456 1819 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Hambleton's Ex'r. v. Hayward 4 H. & J. 443 1819 0 Maryland
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
Sam v. Green 2 D.C. 165 1819 0 Freedom Petition United States
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
James v. M'Williams 20 Va. 301 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cherry v. Slade's Administrator 7 N.C. 82 1819 1 North Carolina
Moore v. White 4 H. & J. 548 1819 0 Maryland
Shumate v. Dunbar 20 Va. 430 1819 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Cordle's Administrator v. Cordle's Executor 20 Va. 455 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Killian v. Watt 7 N.C. 167 1819 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
State v. Jernigan 7 N.C. 12 1819 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
State v. Brown 7 N.C. 224 1819 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slaves North Carolina
Tregre v. Tregre 6 Mart. (o.s.) 665 1819 0 Successions, property, partition, community property Louisiana
Dimmett v. Eskridge 20 Va. 308 1819 1 Virginia
Rouville v. Rouville 6 Mart. (o.s.) 702 1819 0 Successions, property, wills, sales, evidence Louisiana