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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lamb v. Wragg 8 Port. 73 1838 0 Alabama
Anderson v. Anderson 6 Va. 198 1799 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Pledge 28 Va. 443 1829 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Adams 33 Va. 320 1835 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tavenner v. Robinson 41 Va. 280 1843 0 SC of Appeals VA
Thomas v. Gaines 42 Va. 347 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Davis v. Turner 45 Va. 422 1848 0 SC of Appeals VA
Patteson v. Ford 43 Va. 18 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Clayton 7 Va. 554 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Moore's Administrator v. Dawney 13 Va. 127 1808 0 SC of Appeals VA
Shirley v. Elizabeth 27 Va. 764 1827 0 SC of Appeals VA
McNeill v. Arnold 17 Ark. 154 1856 0 Arkansas
Taylor v. Wallace 8 Va. 92 1786 0 SC of Appeals VA
Durham v. Dunkly 27 Va. 135 1828 0 SC of Appeals VA
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Alabama
Claytor v. Anthony 27 Va. 285 1828 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bogard v. Gardley 12 Miss. 302 1845 0 Mississippi
Mauldin v. Mitchell 14 Ala. 814 1848 0 Alabama
Crisler v. Garland 19 Miss. 136 1848 0 Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts