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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Aiken 17 La. 321 1841 1 Louisiana
Comfort v. Mather 2 Watts & Serg. 450 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Sandeman v. Deake 17 La. 332 1841 1 Louisiana
People v. McLeod 1 Hill & Den. 377 1841 1 New York
People v. McLeod 25 Wend. 481 1841 1 New York
Dabney v. Catlett 39 Va. 383 1841 1 Virginia
Ritter v. Fox 6 Whart. 99 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Gray v. Crook 12 G. & J. 236 1841 1 Maryland
Boyer v. Sweet 4 Ill. 120 1841 1 Illinois
Briggs v. Parkman 43 Mass. 258 1841 1 Massachusetts
Fiske v. Carr 20 Me. 301 1841 1 Maine
Niles v. Anderson 6 Miss. 365 1841 1 Mississippi
Doyle v. Knapp 4 Ill. 334 1841 1 Illinois
Merrill v. Jones 2 Ala. 192 1841 0 Alabama
Braddee v. Brownfield 2 Watts & Serg. 271 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Cash v. Tozer 1 Watts & Serg. 519 1841 1 Pennsylvania
Sawyer v. City of Alton 4 Ill. 127 1841 1 Illinois
Wright v. Cohoon 39 Va. 370 1841 1 Virginia
Raines v. Childress 21 Tenn. 449 1841 0 Tennessee