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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Commonwealth v. Moore 4 Va. 155 1819 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Mann 4 Va. 210 1820 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Booth 4 Va. 394 1824 0 General Ct of VA
Bledsoe v. Commonwealth 27 Va. 674 1828 0 General Ct of VA
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 General Ct of VA
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Cohen 4 Va. 158 1819 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Carver 26 Va. 660 1827 0 General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Watts 31 Va. 672 1833 0 General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 693 1834 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Peas 31 Va. 692 1834 0 General Ct. of VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 675 1841 0 General Ct. of VA
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 General Ct. of VA
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 General Ct. of VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 0 General Ct. of VA
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 General Ct. of VA
Bacon v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 602 1850 0 General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Foster 46 Va. 695 1848 0 General Ct. of VA