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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
United States v. Kennedy 26 F. Cas. 762 1821 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. PA.
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Hoggatt v. White 32 Tenn. 265 1852 0 Tennessee
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Civil SC of New York
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
State ex rel. Boissac v. Petit 14 La. Ann. 565 1859 0 Louisiana
United States v. Horn 26 F. Cas. 373 1862 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Respublica v. Richards 2 U.S. 224 1795 0 Criminal Pennsylvania
Crawford v. Alexander 14 La. Ann. 708 1859 0 Louisiana
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Criminal New Hampshire
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Criminal Wisconsin
Taylor v. Calloway 14 La. Ann. 688 1859 0 Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Louisiana
Ely v. Van Beuren 3 Cai. 218 1805 0 Civil SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Civil SC of New York
Gilpin v. Vincent 9 Johns. 219 1812 0 Civil SC of New York
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Succession of Johnson 3 Rob. 216 1842 0 Louisiana