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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Norvell 1 Va. 14 1791 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Johnston v. Meriwether 7 Va. 523 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Herndon v. Carr 1 Jefferson 132 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Howell v. Netherland 1 Jefferson 90 1770 0 General Ct. of VA
Gwinn v. Bugg 1 Jefferson 87 1769 0 General Ct. of VA
Allen v. Allen 1 Jefferson 86 1769 0 General Ct. of VA
Brent v. Porter 1 Jefferson 72 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Coleman v. Dickinson 1 Jefferson 67 1740 0 General Ct. of VA
Coleman v. Dickenson 2 Va. Col. Dec. 111 1740 0 General Ct. of VA
Carter v. Webb 1 Jefferson 123 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Buckner v. Chew 2 Va. Col. Dec. 114 1740 0 General Ct. of VA
Nance v. Roy 2 Va. Col. Dec. 260 1739 0 General Ct. of VA
Dunn v. Wythe 2 Va. Col. Dec. 76 1739 0 General Ct. of VA
Palmer v. Word 2 Va. Col. Dec. 268 1738 0 General Ct. of VA
Giles v. Mallecote 1 Jefferson 52 1738 0 General Ct. of VA