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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
United States v. Nelson 4 D.C. 579 1835 0 Larceny Indictment United States
McCall v. Eve 1 D.C. 188 1804 0 Mens Rea United States
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Chinn v. Murray 45 Va. 348 1848 0 Suit for partition of estate SC of Appeals VA
Morris' adm'r v. Morris' adm'r 45 Va. 293 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Delilah v. Jacobs 4 D.C. 238 1832 0 Freedom Petition United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 Runaways and Petitioners for freedom United States
Brown v. Wingard 2 D.C. 300 1822 0 Executory contract United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Thompson v. Carbery 2 D.C. 39 1811 0 Motion for new trial in replevin United States
Battles v. Miller 3 D.C. 296 1828 0 Freedom Petition United States
Gardner v. Simpson 2 D.C. 405 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Wills v. Spraggins 44 Va. 555 1847 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Malone's Adm'r v. Hobbs 40 Va. 347 1842 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Goodman v. Walker 30 Ala. 482 1857 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Queen v. Neale 2 D.C. 3 1810 0 Petition for Freedom United States
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Bell v. Hanks 55 Ga. 274 1875 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia