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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 North Carolina
Arrington v. Arrington 2 N.C. 1 1789 0 North Carolina
Ross v. Pynes 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 1 Virginia
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 Maryland
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland
Barrett v. Floyd 7 Va. 531 1790 1 Virginia
Lomax v. Pendleton 7 Va. 538 1790 1 Virginia
Reeder v. Cartwright 2 Md. 469 1790 0 Maryland
Watkins's Exr's v. Tate 7 Va. 521 1790 1 Virginia
Mitchell v. Clarke 1 N.C. 25 1790 0 North Carolina
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Syme v. Johnston 7 Va. 558 1790 1 Virginia
Bates v. Gordon 7 Va. 555 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hughes v. Clayton 7 Va. 554 1790 0 SC of Appeals VA
Farrel v. Perry 2 N.C. 2 1790 0 North Carolina
Ferrell v. Perry 1 N.C. 27 1790 0 North Carolina
Hearne v. Roane 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 90 1790 0 H.Ct of Chancery VA
State v. Anderson 1 N.J.L. 41 1790 New Jersey