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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Delaware
State v. Smith 2 Del. Cas. 164 1802 0 Delaware
State v. Crocker 2 Del. Cas. 150 1801 0 Delaware
Cannon v. Polk 1 Del. Cas. 307 1801 0 Delaware
Hargis v. Sebastian 1 Del. Cas. 274 1800 0 Delaware
Anderson v. Thoroughgood 5 Del. 199 1849 0 Delaware
Dave v. Houston 1 Del. Cas. 314 1801 0 Delaware
State v. Jarvis 2 Del. Cas. 232 1805 0 Delaware
Burton v. Hearn 1 Del. Cas. 78 1795 0 Delaware
Isaac v. Ferguson 1 Del. Cas. 49 1794 0 Delaware
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Harris v. Moody 30 N.Y. 266 1864 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
President of the Veazie Bank v. Fenno 38 How. Pr. 147 1869 0 Court of Appeals of New York
Grant v. Johnson 5 N.Y. 247 1851 0 Court of Appeals of New York
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Vanderzee v. Vanderzee 36 N.Y. 231 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Court of Appeals of New York
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Jackson ex dem. Varick v. Waldron 13 Wend. 178 1834 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York