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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mayo v. Tomkies 20 Va. 520 1820 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cordle's Administrator v. Cordle's Executor 20 Va. 455 1819 0 SC of Appeals VA
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Alabama
Richardson v. Perkins 18 Va. 512 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ross v. Woodville 18 Va. 324 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Whitsett, Garner & Co. v. Slater 23 Ala. 626 1853 0 Alabama
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Civil SC of PA.
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanderson v. Jones 6 Fla. 430 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Abernathy v. Abernathy 8 Fla. 243 1858 0 Supreme Court of FL
Benje v. Creagh's Adm'r 21 Ala. 151 1852 0 Alabama
Harrell v. Durrance 9 Fla. 490 1861 0 Supreme Court of FL
Branch v. Wilson 12 Fla. 543 1868 0 Supreme Court of FL
Budd v. Long 13 Fla. 288 1869 0 Supreme Court of FL
Tabb's Adm'r v. Archer's Adm'r 48 Va. 408 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fears v. Lynch 28 Ga. 249 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia