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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pope v. Towles 13 Va. 47 1808 0 SC of Appeals VA
Gay v. Moseley 16 Va. 543 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Thornton 20 Va. 87 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Garnett v. Macon 10 Va. 308 1825 0 US Cir. Ct. ED, VA
Graves v. Graves 28 Va. 34 1829 0 SC of Appeals VA
Markham v. Guerrant 31 Va. 279 1833 0 SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Woodford 35 Va. 316 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Howard 38 Va. 631 1841 0 General Ct. of VA
Taylor v. Beale 45 Va. 93 1847 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Myrick's Ex'ors 49 Va. 179 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Daniel v. Leitch 54 Va. 195 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Harkness v. Fraser 12 Fla. 336 1868 0 Supreme Court of FL
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Supreme Court of FL
Norman v. Burnett 25 Miss. 183 1852 0 Mississippi
Brown v. Handley 34 Va. 119 1836 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Pressley 8 Ga. 327 1850 0 Georgia
Denson v. Patton 19 Ga. 577 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Ardis v. Smith 52 Ga. 102 1874 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Finney v. Sanford 41 Ga. 295 1870 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitaker v. Smith 33 Ga. 237 1862 0 Supreme Court of Georgia