This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1841 |
| Citation: | 38 Va. 636 |
| Jurisdiction: | General Ct. of VA |
| People: | Live |
| Short Summary: | A man of color was a free man but then taken captive and sold as a slave. |
| Law type: | Selling a free man as a slave |
| Full name: | The Commonwealth v. Nix |
| Court: | General Court of Virginia |