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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 0 South Carolina
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Tuck v. Boone 8 Gill 187 1849 0 0 Maryland
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Mangun v. Webster 7 Gill 78 1848 0 Maryland
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA