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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dandridge v. Lyon 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 123 1791 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
Somervell v. Hunt 3 Md. 113 1792 0 Maryland
Kennon v. M'Roberts 1 Va. 96 1792 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jenkins v. Tom 1 Va. 123 1792 0 SC of Appeals VA
Foster v. Foster 8 Va. 231 1793 0 SC of Appeals VA
Daniel v. Robinson's Ex'x 8 Va. 570 1793 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Pitney 1 N.J.L. 192 1793 New Jersey
Bailey v. Teackle 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 173 1793 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Nance v. Woodward 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 180 1793 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Coleman v. Dick 1 Va. 233 1793 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hooe v. Pierce 1 Va. 212 1793 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Frees 1 N.J.L. 299 1794 New Jersey
State v. Shreve 1 N.J.L. 268 1794 New Jersey
State v. Baynard 1 Del. Cas. 662 1794 0 Delaware
Carter's Executors v. Rutland 2 N.C. 112 1794 0 North Carolina
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Civil SC of PA.
Flowers v. Glasgow 2 N.C. 141 1794 0 North Carolina
Cole v. Clayborn 1 Va. 262 1794 0 SC of Appeals VA
Isaac v. Ferguson 1 Del. Cas. 49 1794 0 Delaware