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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Gardner v. Gantt 19 Ala. 666 1851 0 Alabama
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
Thornton v. Davis 4 D.C. 500 1835 0 United States
United States v. Richard 2 D.C. 439 1823 0 United States
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
State v. Will 18 N.C. 121 1834 0 North Carolina
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Parish v. Gates 29 Ala. 254 1856 0 Alabama
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
Hocker v. Gentry 60 Ky. 463 1861 0 Kentucky
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
Harrison v. Berkley 32 S.C.L. 525 1847 0 South Carolina
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia
Cicely v. State 21 Miss. 202 1849 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Circuit Court, N.D. New York
Harvey v. Epes 53 Va. 153 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA