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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 General Ct. of VA
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Criminal Connecticut
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Civil Connecticut
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
State v. Lyon 1 N.J.L. 462 1789 New Jersey
Crump v. Dudley 7 Va. 507 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Administrators of Prall 1 N.J.L. 4 1790 New Jersey
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Johnston v. Meriwether 7 Va. 523 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Reeder v. Cartwright 2 Md. 469 1790 0 Maryland
State v. Anderson 1 N.J.L. 41 1790 New Jersey
Shelton v. Shelton 1 Va. 53 1791 0 SC of Appeals VA
Dandridge v. Lyon 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 123 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Mayo v. Carrington 8 Va. 472 1791 0 SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Williams 3 Va. 14 1791 0 General Ct. of VA
Woodson v. Woodson 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 129 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA