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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Penn v. Reynolds 64 Va. 518 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ruff v. Starke's Adm'x 44 Va. 134 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Newsum v. Newsum 1 Leigh 86 1829 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tomlinson v. Dillard 7 Va. 105 1801 0 SC of Appeals VA
Raper v. Sanders 62 Va. 60 1871 0 SC of Appeals VA
Gregory v. Baugh 25 Va. (4 Rand.) 611 1827 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lemmon v. People ex rel. Napoleon 26 Barb. 270 1857 0 Civil SC, General Term, New York
Maltby v. Harwood & Wells 12 Barb. 473 1852 0 SC, General Term, New York
Green v. Edwards 31 R.I. 1 1910 1 Rhode Island
Wixon v. City of Newport 13 R.I. 454 1881 1 Rhode Island
Law v. Smith 2 R.I. 244 1852 1 Rhode Island
Lewis v. Douglass 14 R.I. 604 1884 1 Rhode Island
Briggs v. Probate Court 23 R.I. 125 1901 1 Rhode Island
Tripp v. Barton 13 R.I. 130 1880 1 Rhode Island
Starkweather v. Brown 25 R.I. 142 1903 1 Rhode Island
Thayer v. Thayer 9 R.I. 377 1869 1 Rhode Island
Angell v. Angell 14 R.I. 541 1884 1 Rhode Island
Probate Court v. Hazard 13 R.I. 3 1880 1 Rhode Island
Fenner v. Manchester 6 R.I. 140 1859 1 Rhode Island
Alverson v. Randall 13 R.I. 71 1880 1 Rhode Island