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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 65 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
In re Martin 16 F. Cas. 881 1869 0 Civil Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Hart v. Hill 1 Whart. 124 1836 0 Civil SC of PA.
Butler v. Hopper 4 F. Cas. 904 1806 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Frith v. Sprague 14 Mass. 455 1817 0 Civil Massachusetts
Evans v. Bollen 8 F. Cas. 836 1800 0 Civil Circuit Court, D. PA.
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dunbar v. Williams 10 Johns. 249 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
Dubois v. Allen 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 128 1809 0 Civil SC of New York
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Civil SC of New York
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Civil Illinois
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Fanny v. Montgomery 1 Ill. 247 1828 0 Civil Illinois
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Civil SC of PA.