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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Carver 26 Va. 660 1827 0 General Ct of VA
Quarles v. Kerr 55 Va. 48 1867 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lockhart v. Bell 41 N.C. 398 1849 0 North Carolina
Heirs of Provost v. Provost 13 La. Ann. 574 1858 0 Louisiana
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Davenport v. Hassel 45 N.C. 29 1852 0 North Carolina
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Connecticut
State v. Fisher 1 H. & J. 750 1805 0 Maryland
Meadows v. Dick 13 La. Ann. 377 1858 0 Louisiana
Doe on demise of Thomason v. Andersons 31 Va. 118 1833 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mayo v. Tomkies 20 Va. 520 1820 0 SC of Appeals VA
Horn v. Gartman 1 Fla. 63 1846 0 Supreme Court of FL
McEntyre v. McEntyre 34 N.C. 299 1851 0 North Carolina
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Carter v. Harris 25 Va. 199 1826 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 SC of Appeals VA
Succession of Kerley 18 La. Ann. 583 1866 0 Louisiana
Anderson v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 693 1834 0 General Ct. of VA
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Shearman v. Christian 27 Va. 50 1827 0 SC of Appeals VA