Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Goddin v. Crump 35 Va. 120 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Carver 26 Va. 660 1827 0 General Ct of 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
Deloney v. Hutcheson 23 Va. 183 1823 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lyons v. Brown 21 Va. 105 1820 0 SC of Appeals VA
Fossett v. Turnage 28 Tenn. 686 1849 0 Tennessee
Davenport v. Hassel 45 N.C. 29 1852 0 North Carolina
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Blakey v. Newby's Administrators 20 Va. 64 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Brady 28 Tenn. 74 1848 0 Tennessee
Stovall v. London 19 Va. 299 1816 0 SC of Appeals VA
Richardson v. Perkins 18 Va. 512 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ross v. Woodville 18 Va. 324 1815 0 SC of Appeals VA
Irwin v. Burnett 25 Tenn. 342 1845 0 Tennessee
Nowlin v. Reynolds 66 Va. 137 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Negroes Charles v. Sheriff 12 Md. 274 1858 0 Maryland
Harrison v. State 9 Fla. 156 1860 0 Supreme Court of FL
Buchanan v. Matlock 27 Tenn. 390 1847 0 Tennessee
Overseers of Germantown v. Overseers of the Poor of Livingston 2 Cai. 106 1804 0 SC of New York