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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Commonwealth v. Chapple 3 Va. 184 1811 0 General Ct. of VA
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 General Ct. of VA
Bacon v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 602 1850 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Foster 46 Va. 695 1848 0 General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 General Ct. of VA
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 General Ct. of VA
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Souther v. Commonwealth 7 Gratt. 673 1851 0 General Ct. of VA
Clere v. Commonwealth 44 Va. 615 1846 0 General Ct. of VA
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 General Ct. of VA
Scarbury v. Barber 2 Va. Col. Dec. 274 1739 0 General Ct. of VA
Winston v. Henry 2 Va. Col. Dec. 199 1736 0 General Ct. of VA
Goddin v. Morris 1 Va. Col. Dec. 189 1732 0 General Ct. of VA
Robin v. Hardaway 1 Jefferson 109 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 693 1834 0 General Ct. of VA
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 General Ct. of VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 675 1841 0 General Ct. of VA
Polhill v. Neal 50 Ga. 146 1873 0 Georgia