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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Compton v. Woolfolk 6 La. 272 1833 0 Louisiana
Compton v. Prescott 12 La. 56 1845 0 Louisiana
Compton v. Perry 23 Tex. 414 1859 0 Texas
Compton v. Compton 14 Miss. 194 1846 0 Mississippi
Compton v. Compton 6 Rob. 154 1843 0 Louisiana
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Williams 3 Va. 14 1791 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Weldon 31 Va. 652 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Vance 15 Serg. & Rawle 36 1826 0 Civil SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Civil Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Stephen 31 Va. 679 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Smith & Burwell 42 Va. 554 1844 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Ricks 42 Va. 416 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Ragsdale 12 Va. 8 1807 0 SC of Chancery VA