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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Bacon v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 602 1850 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Jones v. Jones 11 Va. 3 1806 0 ? SC of Chancery VA
Henderson v. Henderson's Ex'x 50 Va. 394 1852 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Baker v. Wise 57 Va. 139 1861 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Foster 46 Va. 695 1848 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Cooper v. Hepburn 56 Va. 551 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Arnold v. Barrow's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1856 0 ? Special Ct of Appeals VA
Hendricks v. Compton's Ex'or 41 Va. 192 1843 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 675 1841 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Goddin v. Crump 35 Va. 120 1837 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Armstrong's Heirs v. Walkup 53 Va. 608 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 ?? General Ct of VA
Tuck v. Boone 8 Gill 187 1849 0 0 Maryland
Sheriff v. Negroes Charles 12 Md. 280 1858 0 0 Maryland
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 0 Maryland
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 0 Maryland
Bandel v. Isaac 13 Md. 202 1859 0 0 Maryland