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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Baker v. Wise 57 Va. 139 1861 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Claytor v. Anthony 56 Va. 518 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Jones' Ex'ors v. Clark 66 Va. 642 1875 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Shackelford v. Apperson 47 Va. 451 1849 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 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
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 ?? General Ct of VA
Sprigg v. Negro Marx 3 H. & J. 491 1814 0 0 Maryland
Hanson v. Hanson 4 Gill 69 1846 0 0 Maryland
Hupe v. Seibert 4 Gill 240 1846 0 0 Maryland
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 0 Maryland
Smith v. Smith 6 Md. 496 1854 0 0 Maryland
Sheriff v. Negroes Charles 12 Md. 280 1858 0 0 Maryland
Thomas v. Pile 3 Md. 241 1794 0 0 Maryland
Harry v. Lyles 4 H. & McH. 215 1798 0 0 Maryland
Higgins v. Allen 3 Md. 504 1796 0 0 Maryland
Jason v. Henderson 7 Md. 430 1855 0 0 Maryland