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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Coleman v. Dickinson 1 Jefferson 67 1740 0 General Ct. of VA
Brent v. Porter 1 Jefferson 72 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Custis v. Fitzhugh Jeff. 72 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Allen v. Allen 1 Jefferson 86 1769 0 General Ct. of VA
Gwinn v. Bugg 1 Jefferson 87 1769 0 General Ct. of VA
Howell v. Netherland 1 Jefferson 90 1770 0 General Ct. of VA
Carter v. Webb 1 Jefferson 123 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Robin v. Hardaway 1 Jefferson 109 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Herndon v. Carr 1 Jefferson 132 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Griffin Jeff. 132 1772 0 General Ct. of VA
Foushee v. Lea 8 Va. 279 1785 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Fowler 8 Va. 35 1785 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 General Ct. of VA
Taliaferro v. Taliaferro 8 Va. 93 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pickett v. Claiborne 8 Va. 99 1787 1 Virginia
Grymes v. Pendleton 8 Va. 130 1788 1 Virginia
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA